Abstract
The article discusses the current environmental problems arising from the pollution of water resources by the metallurgical enterprise "Tekeli Mining and Processing Plant LLP" in the industrial single-industry town of Tekeli, Zhetisu region. To reveal the content of the topic, the results of a study of the impact of industrial wastewater concentrated on the areas of an operating mining enterprise on pollution of the Karatal River basin are presented. This is due to the fact that harmful compounds released by the.Tekeli mining and Processing plant cause serious environmental problems due to contamination of groundwater and surface waters of the region with heavy metals. This is influenced by the imperfection of mining methods for polymetallic ores, as well as contamination of surface and groundwater is thawed by snow and rainwater from chemical elements and harmful compounds contained in the dumps of loose rocks, which are continuously collected directly at production sites.