A rapid, simple and reliable method was devised for separation and determination of six metal cations, based on the capillary zone electrophoresis. imidazole as a background absorbance reference and 8 mmol·L -1 malonic acid, 2 mmol·L -1 18-crown-6 ether as the complexing agents, 10% methanol as an organic modifier, by using acetic acid to adjust the pH=4. ) mg·L -1 . The repeatability of migration times was less than 0.60% and of peak area ranged from 3.4 to 5.6% (n=6). The results were compared with AAS for analyzing the real samples of waste-water and snow water.