Abstract:Karstic collapses occurred in Tai'an city mainly distributed in three areas, they are district city water source as the center of Jiuzhen railway triangle area in south part of railway station, Jiuxian karst water source near Mouwen river, and east and west Yanglou village karst water source. In this paper, an overview of development history of karst collapse, present condition, harm and the formation of geological environment background of karst collapse in Tai'an city have been introduced. Relationship among the influencing factors of karst collapse, rock and soil types, geological structures, atmospheric precipitation and human activities to karst groundwater mining have been studied as well.