The water requirement and water saving irrigation system for vegetation restoration in refusedump area of mine were studied through the field investigation and indoor analysis.The results showed that dripirrigation was the optimum out of 3 irrigation systems.Under the condition of non-sufficient irrigation,theproper drip irrigation system for alfalfa was 8 times and 192 mm (1 920 m3/ha) of irrigation norm,7 times and168 mm (1 680 m3/ha) for Astragalus adsurgens,and 9 times and irrigation quota is 216 mm (2160 m3/ha) forElymus dahuricus.