Population growth and resources restriction have forced us to look for different methods to achieve higher crop yields. In addition, salt affected soils are a serious threat to the sustainability of irrigated agriculture, so by using a suitable irrigation/planting method we can reduce water consumption and salinity hazards. The purpose of this study was to optimize an irrigation/planting method for higher wheat yield and water productivity (WP). Regarding our objective, a field experiment was conducted during 2006-2007 cropping season at Roudasht Experimental Station of Isfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center. The experimental design consisted of a split-split-plot on a randomized complete block with three replications. The experiment comprised planting wheat with three irrigation water salinities as main plots, including: 4, 8 and 12 dS m -1 . Three irrigation/planting methods as sub-plots, namely: furrow irrigated raised wavy beds with 60 cm (FIRB 60 ) and 80 cm (FIRB 80 ) furrow to furrow width, and conventional flat planting (FP). Finally, the two irrigation depths as sub-sub plots, embodies 0.9 and 1.1 times the evapotrairation. The results indicated that the increase in salinity of irrigation water, or the decrease of irrigation water, leads to the significant increase in soil salinity and sodium adsorption ratio. Results also revealed that with the increase of salinity of irrigation water, wheat yield components declined significantly. However, this decline was less significant in the FIRB methods compared to the FP system. The FIRB methods had lower salinity and sodium adsorption ratio than the FP method in the topsoil. As a result, wheat yield components (1000-grain weight, spike length and harvest index) enhanced. Leaf chlorophyll content and grain protein were significantly higher in the FIRB methods, which can respectively produce higher 1000-grain weight and higher grain quality. When wheat was irrigated with the saline irrigation water of 8 and 12 dS m -1 , the FIRB 60 method produced higher grain yield with less irrigation water, so WP increased by, respectively, 14.9 and 18.4% in comparison with the FP method. Based on low water consumption, and high yield and WP of FIRB 60 , it can be concluded that FIRB 60 is a suitable irrigation/planting method for providing sustainable agriculture in salt prone regions with water shortage.