Osnovnymi zagryaznyayushchimi proizvodstvami vo Vladikavkaze yavlyayutsya predpriyatiya tsvetnoy metallurgii. Otrasl' predstavlena dvumya krupneyshimi zavodskimi kompleksami pererabatyvayushchego napravleniya - OAO Elektrotsink i OAO Pobedit- i odnim predpriyatiem dobyvayushchego profilya - Sadonskim svintsovo-tsinkovym kombinatom (SSTsK). Predpriyatiya pererabatyvayushchego tsikla raspolagayutsya v tsentral'noy chasti Vladikavkaza.Mnogoletnyaya deyatel'nost' issleduemykh predpriyatiy privela k chrezvychayno vysokomu urovnyu zagryazneniya okruzhayushchey sredy g. Vladikavkaza.Tekhnogennoe zagryaznenie deponiruyushchikh sred idet cherez vozdushnuyu sredu putem osazhdeniya vzveshennykh veshchestv vmeste s dozhdem i snegom v pochvennom i snezhnom sloe, vodoemakh, rastitel'nosti i dr. V konechnom itoge naibol'shuyu chast' vypadeniy akkumuliruet v sebe pochvennyy sloy, prichem nakoplenie idet mnogoletnee.Takim obrazom, nazrela sushchestvennaya neobkhodimost' v sozdanii sanitarno-zashchitnykh zon dannykh predpriyatiy. V monografii sdelana popytka prakticheskogo obosnovaniya neobkhodimosti sozdaniya sanitarno-zashchitnykh zon (SZZ) promyshlennykh predpriyatiy, imeyushchikh opasnye vybrosy zagryaznyayushchikh veshchestv na primere predpriyatiy tsvetnoy metallurgii OAO Elektrotsink i OAO Pobedit"