Abstract:As a clean and renewable energy source, geothermal energy has been widely applied in tourism, health preservation, heating, power supply and other fields. Nevertheless, long-term large-scale extraction of geothermal water may potentially disturb geological structures in geothermal exploitation areas and induce geo-environmental problems. Based on the water resources justification of the Zhisheng Hot Spring Project in Yinan County, this paper systematically analyzes various impacts of geothermal water exploitation on geological structures in geothermal mining areas, and offers reference for geological environment protection and sustainable development and utilization of similar geothermal water exploitation projects.