Abstract: Wuhan is rich in water resources. However, due to riv erside pollution and lake eutrophication, the status of the water environment in Wuhan City is not satisfied. During the past years, although some protection s trategies and treatment technologies have been practicing under the high attenti on of the government, the situation of the water environment has not been really improved yet. There are many factors driving the mentioned situation above, nev ertheless, the weakness of peoples consciousness to water environmental protec tion plays a key role, which does not make a force of water environmental prote ction out of peoples consciousness in society. The phenomenon which water is p olluted again after becoming clean is still very serious, resulting in low effe ct of water treatment. So authors suggest that the power of culture is very impo rtant. For changing this situation, the function of culture which can lead, rest rict, regulate,gather and inspire peoples behavior must be performed, and ther eby water culture should be built. Only by water protection becoming water cultu re and city culture can it really play a important role in regulating peoples behavior, and enhance peoples consciousness of water protection. There are th ree steps for Wuhan city to build its water culture: the first step is to rese arch water culture resources; the second, to make a program of water culture res ources; and the third, to build water culture scenes.