Abstract: In order to relax the present status of the water resource shortage in the Shendong Mining Area, based on the full analysis on the water resources condit ions in the mining area, the water accumulated resources value in the goaf of the mining area was about 39.307 million m3 calculated with the water flling coefficient m ethod.Meanwhile the paper analyzed that the water supply potential of the clean water projects in the mining area would be limited, but the water supply potential of the industrial recycle water project and the mine water development and utilization potential would be high.The development and utilization potential of the water resources in the mining area would be 15 000 m3/day and the water resources beyond the mining area could be for the long term reserves. Therefore the water resources develop ment and uilization mode suitable for the present and future Shendong Mining Area was provided and the water resources development and uillization proposals of the low flow year were provided.Thus the target of the water resources comprehensive uillization and the water resources supply and demand contradiction relaxed was rea ched in Shendong Mining Area.