Water-rock interaction is one of the main driving force of environmental evolution near sur-face.From groundwater recharge area to discharge area , the chemical characteristics of groundwater often presents obvious zonal regularity ,which results from the united effect of water -rock interaction and sur-rounding environment under the driving action of groundwater hydrodynamic field .The paper summarized the progresses and problems in water -rock interaction from three aspects such as the influence of water-rock interaction on groundwater chemical property , that on rock mechanical property and its process simulation .The paper can provide theory guidance for the relative research of water -rock interaction in the future .