China - Water Conservation Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 4 of 4) : Annex of PIP report - Qingdao Project Office of Water-saving

E-341 VOL. 4 Annex of PIP Report Qingdao Project Office of Water-saving Irrigation Project with WB Loan July ,2000   Catalogue 1. General informaton I 1.1 Task source and sgnficance of the engineering 1 1.2 Ewvlation foundaion and acteria 2 1.2.1 Evaluation foundation 2 1.2.2 Evaluation cniteria 2 1.3 C on of evluating irk and the evaluadig scope 3 1.4 evaluation princples1 3 L.5 Project objectis 3 1.6Evauaton worldngprocedure 5 2. Project general survey -6 2.1 Locaton and scope of the project area 6 2.2 Project Construction Content 7 2.2.1 Water conservancy project 8 2.2.2 agncultural projects 9 2.2.3 forestry projects 12 2.2.4 scientific research and technical assistance 13 2.3 analysis of affecdngfaczors of the project on the environment 14 2.3.1 characteristics ofthe project area 14 2.3.2 Water resources situation and supply-demand balance analysis - 15 2.3.3 Changes of irrigation patens 18 2.3.4 adjustment of crops' planting structure 18 2.3.5 use of pesticide and chemical fertilizer 19 2.3.6 analysis of construction's effects on environment 22 2.3.7 analysis of project implementaon's effects on social economy 24 2.3.8 factor analysis of project implementation's effects on environment and main environment actors 24 3. Regional natural environment and conditons of socidal econony 26 3.1 regional natral environment 26 3.1.1 natural geographical environment 26 3.1.2 agricultual ecological environment -28 3.2 soda! economy 28 3.2.1 population and employment 28 3.2.2 Communication 28  3.2.3 electricity supply 29 3.2.4 economic conditions ----29 3.2.5 cultivated land ara29 3.2.6 agricultural production --30 3.2.7 agricultual catastrophes - 30 3.2.8 present situation of water conservation facilites 31 4. presentss of emvironmenai quality 31 4.1 poltingsource -31 4.2 present sus of the qualitY of soil em'vronment 31 4.2.1 soil fertility quality 32 4.2.2 heavy metal in the soil 32 4.3present ss ofthe qua ofsuwface water envrOnment 33 4. 4presenta&s ofgroundwer emronment qualtY *33 4.4.1 groundwaterquality 33 44.2 present status of groundwater level 34 4.5 concluions ofpresent stus evaluion - 35 5. ewduaton of nironmentl effects and miaton measures 35 5.1 effects on soil environment by project implementwtion -35 5.2 effects on surface water environment by project implementaion 35 5.2.1 effects on stuface water quantity -36 5.22 effects on water quality 36 5.3 effects on groundwater envronment by project ilementation 36 5.3.1 hydraulic and hydrogeological conditions in the project area 36 5.3.2 effects on groundwater quality by project implementation 37 5.3.3 effects on groundwater level by project implementation 38 5.3.4 effects on gromdwate quality by project implementation -40 5.4 efffectsofchemicalfertilzerandpestdeonwaandsoilevironment -40 5.4.1 effects of nitrae on water and soil environment 40 5.4.2 pesticides' effects on water and soil environment - 15 5.5 preventive measures on soil & water environmentpoluton - 4 7 5.6 effects ofproject implementaton on social econonmy -7 5. 7 effects of constuction on the surrounding environment -48 5.7.1 land ulization and water & soil loss -- 48 5.7.2 effects of solid wastes on the environment - 1 5.7.3 effects of noise and dust on the environment 49  6 analys& of emironmentl economic benefdiosses - 49 6.1 economic benefs 49 6.1.1 projectinvestment --4 49 6.1.2 economic benefits - -50 62 wsia benefits 50 6.3 ecological benefits 51 7. publicparticipaton 51 7.1 background ofinvestigation 52 7.2 invstigadng conten and medwd 52 7.2.1 investigating content -- 52 7.2.2 investigated personnel and method 52 7.3 invesation resuts 52 7.4 analss ofinvesigation results 53 8. envronmelprotction managmentandmonitoringplan 54 8.1 environmalprotecton managemeplan 54 8.1.1 objectives 54 8.1.2 environmental management organs -- 54 &2 environmental monitoringplan 55 8.2.1 objectives - 55 8.2.2 monitoring systemi 55 8.2.3 monitoring plan - 56 9. conclusions and suggetions 57 9. posii effect ofproject implmntaonn 57 9.2 negatve effects ofproject implementation: 58 9.3public's opinion - 58 9.4 conchlsions 58 9.5 suggestions 58 10. attached tables and drawings 59   1. General information 1.1 Task source and signicance ofthe engineering The curent population of Qingdao City is over 6.9 million which accounts for 5.8% of the nation's total population. Its cultivated land area is 484,600ha and the aveage water resources possession per capita is 355m3 which is only 14% of the whole nation's average. Because of the uneven distribution of the limited water resouces both m space and in time (much in summer and autnun and little in wnter and spring), the problem of seasonal and regional drought is conspicuous. On one hand, there is a serious water resources shortage, on the other hand, the waste of water used for agriculture is serious. According to the investigation to Qingdao Project Area, the following problems exists universally in the current imgation system canals and canal buildings being out of rpir for quite a long time and the canal water-use efficiency being very low which is only about 0.4 whereas in the advanced couties, it can reach 0.8-0.9. At the same time, since the fmners are not accessible to the advanced, coret and prompt technical guidance, the imgafion patten is still mainly the old flood inigation, the irngation can not be applied at suitable time and with suitable amount according to the water requiranent dunng the growing peniod of the crops, thus the water utilization and crops' yield is affected. The lack of water resources has become the main factor which restncts the agicultual development of Qingdao City. According to the "Ninth Five-Year Plan of National Economy and Social Development and the Guidelines of the Long-range Objectives for the Year 2010", during the Ninth Five-year Plan Penod, the main objectives of our country's agnicultural development is to newly increase 20 billion kgs' grain production capacity. The key to fuffil this objective is to assure the fund for developing agricult water-saving irngation. So our state plans to use the $100 miRlion loan from the World Bank to develop water-saving imgation engineering in cities lie Qingdao. The loan for Qingdao City is $10 million, and constructon of other agicultWral renovating and counter-part projects will be carried out simultaneously. Through the development of water-saving inigation, the water fight between industry and agriculture will be solved, the comprehensive production capacity of agriculture and the faimers' income will be raised, and the sustainable development of agriculture and the sustainable utilization of water resources will be promoted. Entsted by the Agricultual Synthetic Development Office of the MWR, China Water Conservancy & Hydraulic Power Scientific Research Institute is responsible for implementing evaluaton on environmental effects for Qingdao Project Area The  Istitute will put forwaid suggestions on: the possible effects on utilization of local water resoures, pollution to water environment and soil environment and the ecological enviromnent; on mediang the adverse effects on the enviromnent caused by the project, on environmental protection, monitoring and management plans. 1 2 Evauwaonfoundaion and cruia 1.2.1 Evaluation foundation a. relevant environmental protecton regulations "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" (December 26w, 1989) "Water Law ofthe People's Republic of China" (September 5", 1987) "Managerial Ornaments on envmronmental protection of conshtuction projects" issued by the State Council with the No. (98) 253 "A notice of strengthening the Management work of environmnental effects evaluation on the construction projects financed by the loan from intemational financial organiations" issued by the State environmental Protechton Bureau, the State Planning Committee, the Finmce Ministry and the People's Bank of China wffi the No. (1993) 324. "World Bank Environmental Effects Evaluation Work (OP4.01)". "Environmental effects evaluation guideline" (HJ12.2-2.3-93) "Environmental effects evaluation guideline" non-polluiion ecological effects (}IJ/T19- 1997) b. relevant documents Entnustment Letter for Environmental Effects Evaluation for the Project of developing water-saving higation with World Bank loam Proposal of the Project of developing water-saving rigation with World Bank loan by Agricultual Comprehensive Development Office of MWR 'Environmental Effects Evaluation Outline for the project of developing water-saving Inigaion with World Bank loan" (August, 1999) TIP Repcot of the Project of developing water-saving hrrigabon with World Bank loan" (October, 1999). 1.2.2 Evaluation criteria "Farmland Irrigation Water Quality Criteria" (GB5084-92) "Surface water environmental quality Criteria" (GB3838-88) 2  'Groundwater environmental quality Citea" (GB14848-93) "Sofil environmental quality Criteri" (GB15618-1995) 1.3 CsfcaIn of eauang work and the evaaing scope The working scope of the evaluation area is the scope of the Project Area which includes 14 sub project areas in the 6 areas of Jiaonan, Pingdu, Jimo, Jiaozhou, Chengyang and Laii of Qingdao City. Total land area in the ProjectArea is 3051a2, cilfvatend area is 21,331ba There are 27 towns, 253 administrative villages involved with total population of 228,000, of which, the agrcultrWal population is 220,000. This project is an agricultual Comprehensive development Project It raises the water utilizaton rate, inproves the iIgatng equipment in the present rngation area and renovates medium and low yield finnland mainly through saving water resources for agricultural imgation. This project belongs to non-polluting project, the enviromnental effects evaluation is Classification B. Stress will be laid on the evaluation of effects on groundwater level and quality by the project implementation 1.4 ewuaLionprincples The project and sub project abides by the environmental protection reglations and relevant citeri of our state. Under the precondition that it conforms with the relevant regulations on environmental effects evaluation of our state for the project financed by intemational financial orgaizations, it will meet the recuirement of evaluating content and degree in the 'Working Guide on Environmental Effects Evaluation of the World Bank (OP4.01)". Based on the feasibility study reports of each project area, engineerng analysis will be made to analyze the possible effects on environment by the project Evaluation will be made with the methods of typical investigation, analogy, inference and induction to check the feasibility of the construction project and the rationality of the planned environmental protection measures from the point of environmental protection Since the project areas cover a wide area, their locations are dispersed, the key issues for evaluation should be the regional environmentl effects, sensitive environmental problems will be stressed 1.5 Project objectives The main objectives of this project are: to raise water use efficiency, to increase agricultural comprehensive production capacity, to mise firmers' income, to fulfil 3  sustinable utilizaion of water resources and sustainable development of agriculture. Afer this project is completed, the inigating water use coefficient will be raised from the current 0.45-0.65 to 0.7-0.85, the water-take water-saving amont will be raised over 40%; guaranty rate of surfice water inigated area is 500/o, water resources supply- demmd balmce must be fulfilled, pereial average groundwater level variation A H is bigger an 0. The agricultual support service system and the frmland shelter-belt forest becomes complete. The planned yield increase of wheat is 15,382t, that of maize is 13,653t, that of peanut is 4,463t, iat of vegetables is 4,380t, that of apple is 4,808t, hat of grapes is 3,536t. EFIRR is bigger ta 12%; per capia pure income increase is more than RMB200 (yearly pure income). 4  1. 6 working proc&Iiires ofeva1uation Chart I F1lowchart of evaluating work on environmental effects Wnvestig ion of present situaiior ectaecl si I II Proect eeal of k envimnment issueW valuation of present envimnmental uality situatio valuation of pesoil situatio valuation of present surfaoe wate situatio valuation of prsent g dwater situatio Environmental effects evaluation and mediating measLur _ _ _ _ _ _ I ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~I ____ Inv f I I I I~~~~~~~~~ nvirunxmetal proto an rw bent and moniiim Conclusions and Sugestion  2. Project general survey 2.1 Location and scope of the project area Qingdao City is located in the southwest of Shandong Peninsula and faces Yellow Sea to its southeast It lies between 119