A waste solution solidifying agent, which is a particulate treating agent used in a method of treating a waste solution by placing the treating agent into a waste solution to solidify the waste solution into a gel, said waste solution solidifying agent comprising, as an essential component, a water-absorbent resin having a crosslinked structure obtained by polymerizing a water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer, wherein when placed in a 0.90 mass % aqueous sodium chloride solution at once, 20 to 95 mass % of the agent is floated, and 80 to 5 mass % of the agent is settled, provided that floating and settling are defined by the state at one minute after placement of 40 g of a particulate waste solution solidifying agent at once in a measuring cylinder having an effective volume of 1000 ml (inner diameter 66 mm) which has a vertical axial direction and contains 1000 ml of a 0.90 mass % aqueous sodium chloride solution at 25° C.