Water is the source of life and the most important factor in the environmental, social and economic connections of human settlements, which affects their sustainability. Rural areas, as one of the most important rural settlements on the planet, have always been highly influenced by the characteristics of water resources, and in addition to drinking, their employment (agriculture) is also directly dependent on water resources. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effects of water resources on the sustainability characteristics of rural areas in Haji Abad city, Hormozgan province. first by using statistics and field studies, the characteristics of the water resources of the studied villages were investigated and the villages with water stress in different seasons of the year were identified, Then the questionnaires related to the investigation of the sustainability characteristics of the villages in three economic, social and environmental dimensions were completed in the studied villages of the statistical population. The statistical population of the research includes the villages of Hajiabad city of Hormozgan province، In the meantime, villages with more than 20 households have been selected as sample villages, which includes 12 villages. SPSS software was used to analyze the data of the questionnaires and different maps of the region were prepared using Arc GIS software. The results showed that the stability of the studied rural areas is higher than average in all three economic, social, cultural and environmental dimensions. In this regard and using the variance analysis method, the results show that there is a significant difference in terms of the sustainability status among the studied villages. There is a statistically significant relationship between water resources and the sustainability of the economic dimension and socio-cultural dimension, but there is no significant relationship between water resources and environmental sustainability.