The invention discloses a
water conservation coal cutting method for small and medium-sized
coal mines in a waterhead area. The method comprises the following steps: 1, defining the position of a
coal bed, that is, defining the thickness and the buried depth of the coal
bed in an exploited coal mine according to a boring log; 2, defining exploitation parameters, that is, defining a roof rock beambearing load, the higher
limit value Lmax of the width of an exploitation strip, and the
lower limit value Dmin of the width of a
coal pillar; 3, defining an exploitation scheme, that is, defining the mining and the reservation widths during strip exploitation according to the Lmax and the Dmin, wherein the width L0 of a strip exploited during strip exploitation is smaller than or equal to Lmax, and the width D0 of a reserved
coal pillar is larger than or equal to Dmin; and 4, exploiting, that is, exploiting the coal
bed according to the conventional strip exploitation method, and reserving acoal pillar of which the width is D0 every time when a strip of which the width is L0 is exploited. The
water conservation coal
cutting method has the advantages that the design is reasonable; the implementation is convenient; the maneuverability is high; the using effect is good; and the problems of easily caused great loss of the
phreatic water resource, and poor
water conservation coal cuttingeffect during the conventional exploitation of the small and medium-sized coal mines in the waterhead area are solved.