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Groundwater target values provide an indication of the benchmark for environmental quality in
the long term, assuming that there are negligible risks for the ecosystem. For metals a distinction
is made between deep and shallow groundwater. This is because deep and shallow groundwater
contain different background concentrations. An arbitrary limit of 10 metres has been adopted.
The target values shown below are for 'shallow' groundwater, 0 10 m depth.
The soil remediation intervention values indicate when the functional properties of the soil for
humans, plants and animals is seriously impaired or threatened. They are representative of the level
of contamination above which a serious case of soil contamination is deemed to exist. The target
values for soil are adjusted for the organic matter (humus) content and soil fraction <0.2 m (lutum
- Latin, meaning "mud" or "clay"). The values below are calculated for a 'Standard Soil' with 10%
organic matter and 25% lutum.
The values presented below are from Annex 1, Table 1, "Groundwater target values and soil and
groundwater intervention values". In previous versions of the Dutch Standards, target values for
soil were also present. However, in the 2009 version, target values for soils have been deleted for
all compounds except metals.