In recent years, the field of water sciences raised a new method and new perspective of the comprehensive evaluation of water shortage which was called water poverty theory. According to water poverty index framework of Oxford University and Chinese hilly area of southern rural water resources characteristics, this paper selected some representative data from 5 aspects of the water poverty index evaluation system to evaluate the water poverty degree of Hengyang County Lizi village by using field survey and interview methods. The results showed that Lizi village existed mild water poverty due t...