东平湖是当前黄河下游仅存的一个天然湖泊。为了充分地发挥其调洪蓄水作用,在原天然滞洪区的基础上逐步扩建成以防洪运用为主的平原水库,库容增加到四十亿立方米。使其对黄河防洪起到了更大作用,并对综合利用黄河水利资源创造了条件。本文仅对东平湖的过去、现在和将来设想作些介绍,供各方研究利用参考。 Dongping Lake is the only remaining natural lake in the lower Yellow River. In order to give full play to its role of flood control and water storage, it gradually expanded into a plain reservoirs based on flood control and utilization, increasing the storage capacity to 4 billion cubic meters. Make it play a greater role in the flood control of the Yellow River, and create conditions for the comprehensive utilization of the Yellow River water conservancy resources. This article only on the past, present and future ideas Dongping Lake for some introduction for the parties to study the use of reference.