黄土高原地区自然资源丰富，但生态环境脆弱。区内既有巨大的开发任务，又有严重的环境整治问题，它们都需要大量的供水。该区地处干旱半干旱地区，水资源较贫乏，供需矛盾尖锐。针对地区水资源特征及需水特点，本文提出了水资源开发利用以节水与开发结合，开发利用与保护并重的措施，确保水资源能得到永续利用。

China's Loess Plateau Region is rich in natural resources. However, the ecological environment of this region is fragile. There are both enormous tasks of exploitation and sevious problems in environmental management. Within this region huge water supply is necessary to meet these demands. This region is located in arid and semi-arid areas, where water resource is comparatively poor and the supply-demand contradictions of water become sharp. In view of the water resource characteristies and water demands within the region this paper proposes that water resource utilization should lay equal stress on exploitation, utilization and protection to guaranttee the sustained utilization of water resource.