MAJOR GEOECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS NORTHERN REGIONS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AND POSSIBLE WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION
The article, based on years of research by the author, discusses the main geo-environmental problems of the northern regions of the Kyrgyz Republic and suggests possible ways to solve them. It is shown that at the expense of dirty air in large cities, on average, people suffer ten times more severely than from traffic accidents. The occurrence of groundwater pollution can create serious threats to the drinking water supply in Bishkek in the future. Part of the population of part of the country’s settlements, the village of At-Bashy, the city of Talas, and others, use polluted groundwater as drinking water. A number of geo-ecological problems, including pollution of natural waters, are associated with the activities of mining enterprises and complexes. The problems associated with municipal solid waste, the disposal of which does not closely correspond to the practice of handling them in developed countries and the existing standards for handling them, are described. Sewage of most settlements is not centrally discharged, in parts of large settlements (Karakol, Cholpon-Ata, Balykchi, Naryn, Talas) only undergoes settling and is not properly treated, and working in some cities (Tokmok and Kara-Balta) ) aerotanks occasionally stop due to a violation of the norms for the wastewater flowing to them.