Abstract:As a typical water-deficient region in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Guangrao County takes the construction of the provincial-level modern water grid demonstration zone as an opportunity. It promotes integrated river system improvement by coordinating flood control and water supply projects, establishing a "Five Major Water Networks" system, innovating management and protection mechanisms, and advancing intelligent transformation, which improves water resources supportive capacity and utilization efficiency significantly. Nevertheless, challenges remain in the process, including unbalanced supply and demand of water resources, barriers to cross-agencies coordination, and imbalanced management & ecological restoration. Based on field investigations and data analysis, and in line with the goals of modern water grid construction, this paper proposes optimization paths from five dimensions: systematic planning, key project construction, ecological transformation, intelligent empowerment, and institutional guarantee, offering references for river improvement in similar water-deficient counties along the Yellow River.