Integrated Water Resources Management regarded as important support of water resources sustainable utilization

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is the management of surface and subsurface water in qualitative and quantitative, ecological sense from multi-disciplinary perspective and focused on the needs and requirements of society at large regarding water. By continuous development and improvement, at present, IWPM of Netherlands has developed into international wide, which has provided favorable experience for development of our IWRM. The paper analyzes development and present situation of IWRM of Netherlands from eight aspects. The international and domestic practices has proved that it fits for needs of economic and social development through enhancing IWRM, actively studying and seeking for urban water management and unified management in terms of water service related to urban and rural flood control, preventing water-logging, storage, water supply, water using, water conservation, sewage treatment, water reusing, water environment and ecology, as well as water pricing. Therefore, implementing IWRM has become historic irresistible developing trend, in another words, IWRM is the important support of water resources sustainable utilization.