Volkhov
Location:
Karelia,
Russia
Region:
Eastern Europe & Central Asia,
Pollutants:
Heavy Metals
Source:
Smelting
Transmission:
water
Potentially affected people:
51,000
The problem
Volkhov is a small town on Lake Lagoda, in Karelia Province. Russia's first aluminum processing facility is located here. The plants were built in 1931 to take advantage of local bauxite from the Tikhvin deposit and to utilise the capacity of the first hydroelectric power station in the USSR, built at the same time.Current Activity
It was determined that the main problem faced by Volkhov residents was that of polluted drinking water although there is no evidence that links it directly to the Volkhov Aluminium Plant.
