Abstract:The water supply for Ji nan, the spring city, is dependent upon the karst ground water from limestones, with the exploitation quantity as much as eight hundred m~3per day. Over-exploitation has caused the fall in the level, the cutout, and the pollution of ground water, which are threatening the city with a water shortage. Based on the data of ground water monitoring for years, the author describes the current state of the hydrogeo ogical environment in the Ji shah area, and puts forth the measures for pro...