74°28’28″E 41°41’19″N Wastewater from uranium mines in Min-Kush. Natural waters flowing through the territory of the Min-Kush geochemical province are highly enriched with uranium and are a source of environmental pollution, carrying it over significant distances and reaching the territories of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the Aral Sea. Drinking water in the settlement of Min-Kush contains a high concentration of uranium and is a source of its intake into the bodies of animals and humans.

74°40’38″E 41°51’51″N For several years now, the waters and floodplain of the Karakichi River have been polluted by coal mining products. According to experts, in the mountains, coal waste is piled up on the riverbed of springs or the river itself. Water filtration through the waste rock carries small fractions of rock and coal dust downstream, polluting the river. Local residents are planning to send documents and video materials about the problem to the Jogorku Kenesh and the government.

75°40’34″E 41°46’59″N At the Kumbel gold deposit, the unscrupulous subsoil users have not carried out reclamation work.

75°46’34″E 41°49’24″N The bank of the Kara-Unkur River along the Kochkorka-Naryn highway is littered with solid household waste and garbage. The accumulation of household waste, pits on the bank filled with broken glass and food waste mixed with plastic, is a scene typical for almost all rivers in Kyrgyzstan where there are so-called "kumys fields." In many places, due to the lack of trash bins, the riverbed is cluttered with garbage, including doors and other car parts, tree

Balakchy Beach. In the Issyk-Kul region, there are 115 wastewater treatment facilities, including 98 in resort and health institutions, of which 29 have not been operational since 2008. In the Issyk-Kul district, there are 77 wastewater treatment facilities, of which 15 are non-operational, 8 have been dismantled, and 7 are decommissioned.

76°12’13″E 42°27’14″N Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan is facing an ecological disaster. A slowly advancing underground oil slick, resulting from a spill back in the 1990s, is now just a few meters away from the lake. During Soviet times, an oil depot was built in Balakchy, a city on the shores of Issyk-Kul. After the collapse of the USSR, both Balakchy, once a bustling railway hub, and the oil depot fell into disrepair. As a result of the deterioration of worn-out pipes at the oil depot, oil

75°56’59″E 41°25’50″N The old wastewater treatment facilities in the Kyrgyz city of Naryn are unable to cope with sewage and are polluting the country's main water artery – the river of the same name. The central wastewater treatment facility in Naryn was put into operation in 1968. According to the project, the treatment facility was built with biological treatment, but the climatic conditions of the region were not taken into account during construction, which is why the biological treatment

76°1’54″E 41°27’7″N The garbage at the solid waste landfill in the city of Naryn has been smoldering for several years. According to specialists, the deep-seated garbage is burning. The area of the fire has already exceeded one hectare. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that the garbage is smoldering at depths of several meters, and heavy machinery is needed for its dismantling and dousing. Throughout this time, a thick haze has been hanging over the landfill. Residents of Naryn who live

75°45’31″E 41°57’54″N A landfill is a serious source of environmental pollution. Deep within the garbage pile, decomposition processes occur, involving anaerobic bacteria. As a result of this process, toxic biological gas is released, one of the components of which is methane. Deep soil contamination occurs, foul air is carried by the wind over long distances, and if groundwater lies beneath the landfill, it is practically poisoned by toxins. Thus, the nearest water bodies are toxic and

77°13’2″E 42°9’15″N The largest half-century radioactive waste cemetery in Kyrgyzstan. Equipment saturated with radiation and small layers of uranium were buried underground. During Soviet times, the village of Kadji-Sai on the southern shore of Issyk-Kul was famous for its strategically important enterprise – the Kadji-Sai Experimental Electrical Engineering Plant, which exported products to many countries around the world and also served domestic military industry enterprises. A uranium mine