This paper studied the effect of 1,1,1-trichloroethane(TCA) in base-activated sodium persulfate(NaOH/SPS), investigated the effects of NaOH/SPS, initial pollutant concentration, oxidant dosage, and chloride release during the reaction, and deduced the degradation route of TCA in base-activated SPS system by chemical probe and radical cleaning, and verified the contribution in the degradation process of TCA. The results show that the base-activated SPS system can effectively degrade TCA in an aqueous solution, and the degradation rate and removal rate of TCA increase with the increase of NaOH/SPS molar ratio; HO. plays a main role in the degradation of TCA; under the base-activated SPS system, the overall dechlorination performance of TCA is good.