Lead, chromium, and chlorobenzene (CB) were removed simultaneously by micellar enhanced ultrafiltration with a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactants. The process parameters, including the molar ratio of the nonionic surfactant to the ionic surfactant (α), surfactant to metal ion (S/M) molar ratio, applied pressure, and inlet flow rate, were investigated. As α was varied from 0 to 1.5, the rejection of the metal ions increased. The optimum α value was 0.5. The permeate flux decreased by 28% with increasing α from 0 to 1.5. The S/M ratio was optimized at 10 in the presence of CB. The addition of CB increased the rejection of surfactants and decreased the metal‐ion rejection. The effect of the applied pressure and inlet flow were studied and found to be optimum at 1 bar and 150 mL/min, respectively. The optimized parameters were applied to the steady‐state process. The multiple‐solute model was applied to the steady‐state data. The relative error for solute rejection was varied from 5 to 9%, and the relative error for flux was 5%. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132, 41435.