The annual allocation, inter-annual variation and relation of water diversion and water recession were analyzed for the period during1999-2012of the Yellow River integrated water regulation in the Ningxia reach.Water consumption in the Ningxia reach was calculated with themethods of waterdiversion-recession and water balance.The mean water consumption from waterdiversion-recession method is 3.264 billion m'and annual variability of which is relatively flat. The result of water balance method is 3.937 billion m'and annual variation is obvious.