Abstract:Being an inland area,water resources are the most basic demand for further development in Shihezi region.Because of less quantity and poor quality of water resources,per capita consumption in the region is only 1/2 of that in Xinjiang Wei Autonomous Region.The contradiction between supply and demand is intensified along with the social development.We analyze the balance between supply and demand in the region.Countermeasures are provided against existing problems in order to improve the imbalance between water supply and demand and then to achieve sustainable use of water resources.