Regularities in the distribution of some Al compounds in surface water in different southern taiga ecosystems have been studied. The main source of Al in surface water in both ecosystems has been shown to include the top organogenic and mineral horizons of soils within the 40-50 cm loam deposits, underlain by moraine loam. Al concentration in surface water is 1-2 orders of magnitude greater than that in a spring's water. The amount of Al carried out from ecosystems with predominant occurrence of peat-podzol-gley soils is greater that from ecosystems with dominating podzol soils. In creeks in ecosystems with peat-pod zol-gley soils, Al occurs both as a component of organoaluminum compounds and as monomeric aquahy droxocomplexes. In creeks that drain a territory with dominating podzol soils, almost all Al occurs in com plexes with organic matter. Al concentration has been shown to have seasonal dynamics, and the concentra tion of toxic compounds in surface water has been predicted to increase because of anthropogenic acidification.