RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF DUST POLLUTION OF SNOW COVER IN URBAN AREAS (BASED ON A SAMPLE OF CITIES OF KYZYL AND AK-DOVURAK)
The paper is devoted to the current problem of snow cover pollution with production and consumption waste. The research was conducted in two cities of the Republic of Tuva, Kyzyl and Ak-Dovurak. In the article, considerable attention is paid to the assessment of the level of dust pollution of snow cover in the area of the Kyzyl solid waste landfill and waste from the Ak-Dovurak mining and processing plant of Tuvaasbest. As a result of the research, the average height of the snow cover, the mass of snow intake, the dust load and the levels of dust contamination of the snow cover near waste disposal facilities were determined.