According to the report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population, the regional non-ferrous metallurgical enterprises dumped 215.93m cubic meters of manufacturing water into the local rivers and lakes, of which 38.1m cubic meters (17.6%) were not recycled and 26.05% cubic meters (12%) were under-recycled.

70% of the under-recycled manufacturing water came from the recycling facilities of VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation based in Verkhnyaya Salda.