Spanish Abstract: El agua es un recurso natural finito de vital importancia para el ser humano, lo que explica que con el paso del tiempo se busque con mayor fuerza su proteccion, no solo en el ambito internacional sino tambien en el orden juridico interno. De ahi el interes en realizar una revision normativa y especialmente jurisprudencial que permita evidenciar la evolucion del derecho al agua, los matices y las diversas formas de proteccion del mismo, profundizando en su dimension personal.La Constitucion Politica colombiana omite enunciar el derecho al agua como derecho individual, razon por la cual se procede a estudiar la jurisprudencia constitucional, seleccionandose algunas sentencias en donde existen sujetos de especial proteccion, en tanto al reconocerse a estos la vulneracion y garantia de derechos se preve la proteccion de los derechos del resto de la poblacion; asi como algunos casos en donde existen condiciones particulares, a partir de la suspension del servicio por falta de pago a la empresa encargada del suministro, conexion fraudulenta y reconexion ilegal; para concluir que se han presentado dos tendencias en el amparo de este derecho, que ha pasado de ser protegido por via de la “teoria de la conexidad” a ser catalogado como fundamental con una tutela restringida a la cantidad minima necesaria para sobrevivir.English Abstract: Water is a finite natural resource of vital importance for the human being, which explains that over time it has been increasingly protected, not only by the international community but also by the Colombian legal system. In view of this fact, it is intended to review legislation and particularly case-law in which the evolution of the right to water, its nuances and various forms of protection concerning the right to water in Colombia will become clear. It is the personal dimension of the right to water that will be explored in depth. In the Colombian Constitution the right to water in its personal dimension is not stated as an individual right, reason for which constitutional case-law will be examined, selecting several judgments concerning subjects that enjoy special constitutional protection. In the recognition of these subjects, Colombian constitutional case-law has protected the right to water in particular situations including the protection of the right to water despite individual debts or defaults to the company providing the public service, fraudulent connections as well as illegal reconnections, which contributes to the understanding of the right to water for the rest of the population. Two tendencies can be identified concerning the right to water, as it has evolved from being guaranteed only by the so-called “Connection theory” (the right to water related to other fundamental rights) to being designated as an autonomous fundamental right restricted to the minimum amount necessary to survive.