Presently,Rural drinking water source protection is short of basic law,incompatibility exists between its laws and regulations,environment protection departments take Technical Standard for Drinking Water Source Protection Area Allocation as basis to allocate water source protection areas,however,water conservancy departments regard Technical Rules for National Urban Drinking Water Source Protection Ara Allocation as basis to allocate water source protection areas,the two do not coincide with each other.Rural drinking water safety belongs to quasi-public goods which need governmental financial investment and policy support.Only by solving the problems in water source protection,can rural drinking water safety be ensured.