The present paper reviewed the resources and environment destruction resulted from surface water acidification during the history of development in industrialized countries as well as concerning research progress. The deliberation on air pollution and acid precipitation spread tendency in China showed that there is potential danger which surface water would be acidified in some part of acid precipitation area in China. Erhai Lake and Yangzonghai Lake are used as examples. Early stage expression of lake acidification and its indicators are appraised, by analysis the evolution of TDS and SO^2-₄ concentration in the lake water and the change of magnetic susceptibility in the sediment.