武汉市水资源十分丰富，但江河近岸污染和湖泊富 营养化等问题突出，水环境状况不容乐观。近年来，虽然在政府的高度重视下，各种保护措 施和治理技术相继得以实施，但水环境状况并未得到实质性的改变。究其原因有很多，但其 中最主要的就是人们的水环境保护意识十分薄弱，致使水环境保护未能形成一种社会氛围， 边治理边污染的现象依然严重，治理效果也就大打折扣。笔者认为，要改变这种状况，必须 重视文化的力量，发挥水文化的引导、约束、规范、凝聚和激励功能，开展水文化建设。将 水环境保护上升到文化的层面，营造成一种城市文化，才能真正起到自觉规范人类行为的作 用，提高人们爱水、护水的自觉性。武汉市水文化建设要从开展资源调查研究、进行建设规 划编制和建设城市水文化景观3个方面展开。 

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.