The serious shortage of water resources remains a constraint on the development and revitalization of Dezhou City in Shandong Province.Over the years

Dezhou has adhered to implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's water governance philosophy of “prioritizing water conservation

balancing spatial distribution

taking systematic approaches

and giving full play to the roles of both government and market”.To make the most of the water resources of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River as well as rain and flood

it proposed the idea of connecting water systems. This paper presents an overview of Dezhou's current conditions for implementing these interconnections

conducts a thorough analysis of prominent problems

and offers pertinent recommendations.