In this article, the mechanism of phosphorus removal was introduced.The effects to phosphorus removal, including solved oxygen, temperature, pH value, nitrate, and the concentrations of organic substances and heavy metals in SBR system, sludge age of the system, and the residence time in anaerobic zone, were summarized.Emphatically the effect of different heavy metal ions to phosphorus removal in SBR system was analyzed.Finally future developments in phosphorus removal for waste water from SBR system and other fields were expected.