China - Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project - environmental impact assessment (Vol. 1 of 2)

b Fi LE COPY YELLOW RIVER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (YRDP) Taiyuan, Shanxi, PRC - I s WANJIAZHAI WATER TRANSFER PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Augusg 1996 FINAL REPORT l By CIUR for YRDPI World lBank  YELLOW RIVER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (YRDP) Taiyuan, Shanxi, PRC WANJIAZHAI WATER TRANSFER PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A:gusg 1996 FINAL REPORT l By CIRP for YRDP/World Bank  Wanjiazhai Water Tmnsfer Project EIA Fxecutive Summar Final Repor EXECUTIVE StlMMARY EIA FOR WAN.llAZHAT WATER TRANSFER PROJ.ECT TABLE OF CONTENTS (Note: Each Chapter contains its own detailed Table of Contents) Preface Table of Contents Abbreviations Chapters aIntroduction 1.1 Project Concept 1.2 EIA Purpose and Scope 1.3 EIA Report Orgnization 1.4 Photographs 1.5 Acknowledgments 2. Proj;ct Description 2.1 Project Area 2.2 Shanxi Province 2.3 Project Justification 2.4 Project Description 2.5 Project Altematives 2.6 Project Environmental Components 31 Environmental Settmg 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Land Use 3.3 Natural Physical Resources 3.4 Natural Biological Resources 3.5 Development Resources 3.6 Quality of Life Resources * 3.7 Summary Tabulation 4 Environmental Impact Assessment and EPMs 4.1 Methodology 42 Land Use 4.3 Hydrology 4.4 Special Design Issues 4.5 Environmental Review of Resettlement 4.6 Public Health 4.7 Ecology 4.8 Reservoir EIAs 4.9 Erosion and Sedimentation 4.10 Quality of Life ES.-i  Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project FIA Fxecutive Summary Final Report 4.11 Construction Constraints 4.12 Interbasin Water Transfer Feasibility 4.13 Connection Works 4.14 Global Environmental Issues 4.15 Summary and Conclusions 5 Water Management and Water Pollution Control 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Water Supply 5.3 Water Pollution Control 5.4 Water Quality 5.5 Integrated Management for Water Supply and Poliution Control 5.6 Environmental Management Achievement in Taiyuan City 6 Additional Studies 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Public Participation (PP) 6.3 Compliance with Enviromnental Laws 6.4 Environmental Economics 6.5 Risk Assessment 7 Environmental Monitoring 7.1 Description of Monitoring Program 7.2 Management of Monitoring Program 7.3 Importance of Monitoring Program S Environmental Training 8.1 Need for Trining 8.2 Recommended Tamining 8.3 Value of Training Program 9 Environmental Management Plan(EMP) 9.1. Introduction 9.2 Environmental Management System 9.3 Environmental Management Activities 9.4 EMO Costs and Justification 10. Summary and Conclusions 10.1 EIA Team and Report 10.2 Work Approach by EIA Team 10.3 Management of Significant Environmental Issues .10.4 Xiaolangdi Experience 10.5 Environmental Management Plan and Office ES.-ii  Wanimnzhai WMter Trnsfer Project Final Re=ort ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank CC Construction Contractor CRO County Resettlement Office CIRP China Institute Radiation Protection Research CW Connection works ECI Environmental Construction Inspector EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ELC Electro Consult. Italy EMO Environmental Management Office EMP Enviromnental Management Plan EPB Environmental Protection Bureau (Province) EPM Environmental Protection Measure ESA Environmental Study Area GML General Main Line IEE Initial Environmental Exaniiation MPI Ministry of Power Industry MRO Mnicipal Resettlement Office MWR Ministy of Water Resources NEPA National Enviromental Protection Agency NML Nordt Main Line PP Public Participation PRC People's Republic of China RS ResettlementhResettler SEI Significant Environmental Issue SEPB Shanxi Provincial Environemntal Protection Bureau SML South Main Line SPC State Planning Commission SPRO Shamni Provincial Resettlement Office SIDI Shanxi Water Resources Investigation and Design hnstitute TMEDI Taiyuan Municipal Engineering Design Institute TOR Tenns of Reference TIDI Tianjin Investigation and Design Institutc TVEs Township or Village Enterprises WB World Bank WWTP Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project YRDP Yellow River Diversion Project Administration  Chapter 1 Introduction t  Vaniiazhai Water Transrcr Project I1IA Execuitivt: Siumnia Final Rcl!orl W'%ATP EIA EXECUtTIV'E SIMWMAR: CHAIrER 1: INTRODUICTION TABLE OF CO?TENTh9 TEXT 1.1 Project Concept 1.2 EIA Pupose and Scope 1.3 EIA Report Organization 1.4 Photographs 1.5 Acknowledgments FIGURES Figure ES.I-1 Schematic Drawing of WWTP Figure ES.1-2 EIA Support Team for WWTP Figure ES.1-3 Evaluation of Data Sources ES.I-i  Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project FIA Txecutive Summary Final Report CHAPTER I 1NIRW1UCflON 1. Project Concept The overall Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project (WWTP). which has been under study Ior su,me three decades. is envisioned to comprise the follomsing components: (a) General Main Line (GML). for delivering water from Wanjiazhai reservoir to it ; branch lines, the South Main Line (included in the WWTP/Phase I project) and the proposed future North Main Line. (b) South Main Line (SML). for delivering water to the Taiyuan Service Area. including use of Fen River. to deliver water to Fen-I reservoir. and Connection Works for delivery from Fen-I reservoir to the Taiyuan Service Area (c) Nordt iMain Line (NML). including some new reservoirs. for delivering water from GML to the Pingshuo and Datong service areas. The present Phase I project is limited to GML and SML but excludes the NML..Figure ES I-1 is a schematic drawing xvhich illustrtes the ovemll project concept and those components included in Phase 1. The Phase I prcject includes two stages. (i) delivery of 1 million cumnday beginning in 'M(1 and (ii) another 0.76 million cum/day by 2004. 'T'aivuan is an important energy and chemical base of China. As a result of great shorLau oit water, it is now depending on groundwater over-development. At prcsent. thc daily w:t.l:r unavailabilitv is 425.000 min. Although 25.000 m3/dav is made availabic by means of groundw:ater over-development. there is still a gap ol'200.000 mi. E:xtcnsivc groundwater over development has lowered the groundwiater level fromni 50 m depth to 300 n.l has caused major land subsidence in tihi cit'. and has mark-edly impaired nuter quality. 'hc only feasiblc solution is to divert vater flow from the Yellow River svstem. and the need is vcr,v urgcnt. The EIA concept is based on the premises that (i) the essential purpose of WWl'P is to iran.I er %%ater to Taivuan and (ii) thc Yellow River Diversion Proiect Bureau (YRDP). vvilc nol responsihic lor managing usc of the imported vater. will in close coopcmtion wvith bith Provincial and City authorities to help ensue that the imported water. together w%ith local water. uill be optimally utilized. including provisions for reducing water wastage. Ior maximizing .ITeI rec% clina. and for management of wases to maintain acceptable water quality levels in the Fen River both wvithin an below thc Citv. i.2 EIA Purpose and Scope ES.i-I  Wanjiazhai Water Transfcr Project FIA Executive Summary Final Report The purpose of the present study is to produce an EIA report for the WWTP as it is currently planned, based on the utilization and updating of earlier studies of WWTP, which will meet the requirements of MWR. NEPA, Shanxi EPB, and the World Bank. Responsibility for preparing the EIA has been assigned by YRDP to CIRP/SU. with assistance from a World Bank team. as shown in Figure ES. 1-2. The present EIA report has been prepared over the period July 1995 to July 1996. The EIA methodology utilized for the present study is that described in NEPA's EIA Guidelines Modules prepred for NEPA by ADB in 1992, and now routinely used by NEPA and many provincial EPBs. This methodology classifies environmental resources into four categories. (i) natural physical resources. (ii) natural biological resources, (iii) human development resources, and (iv) quality of life resources. The first step is to make an IEE (Initial Environmental Examination) which identifies the SEls (significant envim l issues) ie., potentials for adverse effets posed by the project components which must be evaluated by the EIA including recommendations for modifications in the project planning sD the net overall envirmental impact will be acceptable and/or positive. Each project component is then evaluated in terms of these SEIs, and the necessary EPMs including enironmental monitoring programs are formulated. The project's feasibility plan is then modified to icorporated these needs. Finally. an overall Environmental Management Plan (EMP) is prepared, to be implemented as the project proceeds, and an Environmenal Management Office (EMO) is established, within the overall Project Management Structe, with responsibility for implementing the EMP. Figure ES. 1-3 is a matrix which evaluates the information given in the available references (Main Report Anmex A) as related to EIA needs. The EIA Work Program utilizes all of these data. and in addition has carried out numerous additional studies to fill gaps. 1.3 EIA Report Organization The EIA report comprises the following components (produced in both Chinese and English Versions): Clapters 1. Introduction 2. Project Description (including project altenatives) 3. Environmental Setting 4. Envirornental Assesment and Environmental Protection Measues 5. Water Supply and Pollution Control in Taiyuan City 6. Additional Studies 7. Enviromnental Monitoring 8. Environmental Training 9. Environmental Management Plan (EMP) ES. 1-2  Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project EIA Executive Summnry Final Report 10. Summary and Conclusions Annexes A References Utilized B TOR for EIA as Required bv NEPA C TOR for WB Assistance in Preparing EIA D Notes on Meetings with Govemnment Officials E Public Participation Survey F Notes on Availability of Water for Transfer G NEPA Approval Letter for WWTPAEIA Outline H Technical Assistance Program for Water Pollution Control 1 A Ackmowledgments The EIA team is greatly idebted to numerous govemmental agencies and officials, who contributed much assistance on many of the EIA tasks. These include, in addition to the staff of NEPA/Beijing, staff members of of YRDP, the provincial EPB. WRB, and AES. of the City of Taiyuan. Thanks are given also to several Chinese Institutes which gave valuable cooperation during the prparation of the EIA report. 1 ES. 1-;  Figure ES.1-I Schematic Drawing of WWTP i3AiAN(. . Reservuir * Future - - - - _ - U North Main Line Project U ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~. .... ............ r .....H....... .. j .... ..... ........... DATONG .. .. .. . .... . .. . .............-..--- Servke Area 4 aqueducts 0=N-222m' .s 3tS~~~~~: Q(;=48mis ..........;.. "WAN.IIAZIIAI .......-.-.......... teservir I....... ...........ServiceArea General Main Line .f - - SQ=25.8m'/s LEGEND Connection Works (f) Pumping Station1 ,.