Using zeolite as carrier which is loaded on with ferric chloride ,the paper carried out the experiment of removal phosphate. The orthogonal experiment was adopted to optimize the modification crafts. The best effect appears while zeolite and ferric trichloride hexahydrate (FeCl3·6H2O) mass ratio is 8∶2, a calcination temperature is 300℃, a calcination time is 4hours. The influence of zeolite quantity, contacting time, pH value of the solution, the initial concentration of the solution on removal effect was discussed. The absorbent has better removal ability to phosphate in water, the modified zeolite quality is 10g/L, the adsorption time is 2hours, pH value of the solution is about 7, the concentration of wastewater with phosphate is 5mg/L, the elimination rate reaches above 80%. The study has a certain reference value for the treatment of eutrophication water body.