The invention discloses a method for operating an anaerobic 
ammoxidation reactor capable of rapidly restarting the heavy 
metal pollution. According to the invention, a chelating cleaning solution is added in the anaerobic 
ammoxidation sludge subjected to heavy 
metal contamination, and then the obtained product is oscillated and washed in a shaking bath. The obtained supernatant is removed, and the low-storied 
sludge is oscillated and washed in an inorganic 
salt solution. The washed 
sludge is inoculated into a reactor, and simulated 
wastewater is pumped into the reactor, wherein the substrate initial concentration in the simulated 
wastewater is 50-70 mg / L. When the heavy 
metal concentration in the 
effluent water of the reactor is smaller than the heavy metal concentration in the inflowing water of the reactor, a growth activator is added into the inflowing water of the reactor. When the 
nitrate nitrogen concentration in the 
effluent water of the reactor is smaller than 10 mg / L and the three-day mean variation of the 
nitrate nitrogen concentration in the 
effluent water of the reactor is smaller than 15%, the 
substrate concentration in the simulated 
wastewater is gradually increased. When the 
total nitrogen removal rate is larger than 80% and the 
molar reaction stoichiometric ratio of the substrate is stable, the growth activator is no longer added into the inflowing water of the reactor. In this way, the restarting function is successfully realized. According to the invention, 
heavy metals remaining in the sludge can be efficiently removed. Meanwhile, the 
nitrogen removal performance of the reactor and the particle characteristics of the anaerobic 
ammoxidation sludge can be rapidly recovered.