Quote Originally Posted by hourayra View Post
Water is an uncountable noun in English.
When referring to the substance, yes. But it could also refer to a particular body of water, in which case "the" would be appropriate. I agree that it's unnecessary or even incorrect here though, since it isn't established which water is being talked about. (I don't have any advanced formal education in English and am not a native speaker, and although I've used the language for the past 25 years I could be wrong.)