Method for intensifying the permeability of ground layers (B) close to boreholes and of filter bodies and filter layers (W) in the underground extraction area (F) of water wells and other production wells (11), wherein liquid is continuously pumped away in the extraction area (F) of the borehole (11) by an underground pump (8), that the liquid thus displaced is successively impinged upon by energy pulses (E) in the direction of the borehole walls, the filter bodies and the filter layers (W) by continuously moving a pulse generator (1) up and down in the extraction area (F), and that the effect of each energy pulse (E) is evaluated by means of seismic measurements, and the parameters of the following energy pulses (E) determined according to the evaluation of the measuring results obtained for the previous energy pulse (E).