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It is common sense that water is an important natural resource, through which life on the planet is maintained, being responsible for hydrating living beings, maintaining the balance of biodiversity and allowing the development of various activities by human beings. Given the importance of this natural resource and its growing demand, the objective was to analyze the legislation, doctrine and jurisprudence related to the protection of water resources, and their right to use in Brazil. The methodology used was legal-historical, through the method of descriptive and explanatory approach. A historical overview of the Law of Waters of Brazil was traced, passing through the pioneering Water Code of 1934, which despite having had some of its articles revoked remains an important legal reference, sparse legislation that in some of its provisions refer to resources water resources, notably with the intention of safeguarding their quality, until we reached the last decades of the 20th century with the entry into force of the new National Water Resources Policy - PNRH, Law 9.433/97 and its National Water Resources Plan, which it brought in its bulge relevant innovations for the integrated and shared management of water resources, taking an approach to water resources not only in terms of qualitative but also quantitative aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]