Complex use of mineral resources allows, in addition to scientific and technological achievements, implementing the economic and environmental interests such as producing the maximum possible volumes of competitive products with higher utility value at the lowest cost of material, labor, financial and intangible resources and reducing negative impacts on the environment. At the moment, the problem of man-made waste water treatment is very relevant and it is global in nature. This is primarily connected with a sharp jump in the development of chemical industries in recent decades, as well as with significantly increased volume of use of household chemicals. Approximately one third of all waste water is discharged into surface water bodies untreated or insufficiently treated. The article raises the question of the formulation of the concept of technological development in the sphere of subsoil use. An analysis of existing technologies and technological methods is given, and the author's proposals for the development of modern subsoil (mining, oil and gas industry), as the industry characterized by a number of challenges and problems (in this case we do not consider the political challenges and problems, which somehow have a negative impact on the development of the subsoil) are described