The invention discloses an adsorption composite material used for water quality detection, and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of adsorption material preparation. Theadsorption composite material used for water quality detection comprises following raw materials: a modified adsorbent, a modified filling material, chitosan, a polyhydroxyalkanoate, silane coupling agent KH-570, ferrous sulphate, sodium polyacrylate, sodium citrate, anhydrous sodium sulfate, disodium ethylene diamine tetraacetate, sodium sulfite, polyethylene glycol, potassium iodide, nanometer ceramic powder, ammonium citrate, sodium carbonate, propylene glycol, dimethylglyoxime, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium tetraborate, and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate. The adsorption composite material used for water quality detection is prepared via following steps: preparation of a base material and modified materials, mixing of the base material and the modified materials, and moulding, and calcining. The adsorption composite material used for water quality detection is capable of improving the adsorption performance on water body pollution factors and heavy metal effectively.