On the Issue of Possibility of the Yekaterinburg Water Demand Complete Satisfaction with Groundwater

Abstract

The possibility of complete satisfaction of the Yekaterinburg water demand at the expense of groundwater resources from the Northern territory of the mountain-plicate Urals, i. e. Urals Complex Hydro/geological Plicate Area. Resources of drinking quality fresh water here are more than 900 thousand m3/day. This quantity is sufficient for water supply of the cities of Yekaterinburg, Nizhni Tagil, Verkhnyaya Salda, Ivdel and Severouralsk.