The development of urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin faces severe challenges such as strong rigid constraints on water resources, difficulty in cross-regional governance, and insufficient carrying capacity. Using SEEA experimental ecosystem accounting and water footprints,and the driving role of socio-economic factors on value changes was revealed based on the description of spatial and temporal evolution characteristics. The results presented that the value of ecosystem services increased steadily and was characterized by regional differences,with higher values in the southeast than in the northwest. Value changes are strongly influenced by gross agricultural output and gross secondary industry,and urbanization rate and tourism numbers are also major influencing factors. It is recommended to incorporate the value of ecosystem services into urban water governance and accelerate green transformation by adjusting the scale of urban development and population density,and promoting cross-domain collaboration and other measures. This study explores the preparation and accounting of water resources ecosystem accounts for urban agglomerations,which provides a scientific basis for highlighting the ecological service function in the protection and utilization of water resources in urban agglomerations.