Mining Caused Environmental Damage Impact on the Hydrosphere Status of the Middle Urals
The damage has been accumulated due to mining activities. Its impact on the status of surface water and groundwater has been estimated after termination of the mineral deposits’ mining. It is shown that mining leads to a series of hydro/geological problems that are specific to a mining area. Poor state of the hydrosphere after the end of production is determined by the fact that an effective mechanism for elimination of past environmental damage has not been developed.