水是生命之源、生产之要、生态之基。我国水资源短缺、水污染严重、水生态恶化等问题日益突出,已成为制约我国经济社会可持续发展的主要瓶颈,本文深入分析我国水资源管理面临严峻形势,全面论述加强水资源刑法保护的必要性,提出了加强水资源刑法保护,增设“非法取水罪”的路径。 Water is the source of life, production, ecological basis. The problems such as the shortage of water resources, the serious water pollution and the deterioration of aquatic ecology have become more and more prominent in our country. These problems have become the main bottleneck restricting the sustainable development of economy and society in our country. This article has an in-depth analysis of the severe situation of water resources management in our country and the necessity of strengthening the protection of water resources criminal law It proposed that the protection of the criminal law of water resources should be strengthened and the route of “illegally taking water” should be established.