EURO-ECO 2010 Hanover 2 - 3 Dezember 2010	Environmental, Engineering - Economic and Legal Aspects for Sustainable Living
	European Academy of Natural Sciences, Hanover European Scientific Society, Hanover University of Bremen, Bremen

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Specially protected environmental and resort region of the Caucasian Mineral Waters (CMW) in the Russian Federation is a unique area.

The Caucasian Mineral Waters region has a population of about 1 million people and an area of 5800 square kilometers. Besides, there are about 40 thousand guests and patients at a time at the resorts of the region.

The share of the CMW region in the economy of Stavropol Territory is 35 per cent of retail turnover, more than 25 per cent of industrial production, more than 20 per cent of capital investment, more than 10 per cent of agricultural industry.

The problem of waste collection and recycling is very serious, it has a negative influence on the resort and recreation area potential of the region. Annual waste generation of the CMW region is about 500 thousand tons. Only 130 thousand tons of them undergo thermal recycling at the waste incineration plant.

There is superficial waters pollution. Rivers are polluted by domestic and industrial sewage. A significant part of the housing stock is still unsewered. In most cases, storm sewage and meltwater of cities and settlements are discharged without treatment and disinfection. Water protection zone regime is violated. The quality of water bodies in the region requires constant control.

Air pollution level is growing. The main part of it (more than 90 per cent) is motor vehicle air pollution. Emission reduction by the transition to gas fuel of all vehicles is on the agenda (the corresponding program already exists in the CMW region).

Weakening natural recreational resources use control results in unreasonable waste of very important occurrences of mineral water and therapeutic mud.