Monitoring of the effects of airborne pollutants on groundwater quality

Airborne pollutant atmospheric pollution for groundwater are deposited across the entire contact surface between atmosphere and pedosphere. Water protection are as with regionally limited restrictions on use and prohibitions are completely ineffective. Subsurface groundwaters with thin, well permeable topsoil layers with a low capacity for adsorption and acid neutralization endangered acutely concerning their quality. Essential quality changes are acidification as well as a harmful increase of aluminum and other metal concentrations and of many organic substances, partially in hygienically relevant concentrations. As reference values, the natural geogenic concentrations of groundwater must be used. A reduction of the emissions into the atmosphere is the only way of maintaining the groundwater as a reservoir for drinking water with natural high quality also on a long-term basis. (orig.)