The invention discloses a movable water inlet with a head positioned by adopting an upright post and a 
buoy. The movable water inlet comprises a pipeline 
system, a 
positioning system, a 
buoy system and a tunnel plugging section, wherein the pipeline 
system comprises a water taking head, a floating 
pipe and a 
flange joint, and is a main 
water delivery structure for extending the water inlet to a reservoir for taking water; the 
positioning system is positioned at the front end of the pipeline system, comprises the upright post, a cast-in-place 
pile, an upright post expansion foundation, an O-shaped steel 
buoy, a 
steel frame and a positioning wheel, and is used for fixing the water taking head at the front end of the pipeline system on a plane and at an elevation; the buoy system comprises the buoy, a steel 
wire rope and a balancing weight, and is used for fixing the floating 
pipe at a certain depth below the water surface; and the tunnel plugging section is positioned at the 
tail end ofthe pipeline system, is a water retaining structure, and is also an overflowing channel for water in the pipeline system to flow to a downstream 
water delivery tunnel along a built-in fixed pipeline of the tunnel plugging section. The movable water inlet has the advantages of flexible water taking point and water taking elevation, good 
wind wave resistance of a 
system structure, high automatic degree along with 
water level rise and fall, and suitability for 
water diversion and supply projects with high requirements on 
water quality.