China - Liuzhou Environment Management Project

Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: AC432 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: November 14, 2003 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: China Project ID: P081346 Project Name: LIUZHOU ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PROJECT Task Team Leader: Hiroaki Suzuki Estimated Appraisal Date: September 28, 2004 Estimated Board Date: March 23, 2005 Managing Unit: EASUR Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Sewerage (100%) Theme: Pollution management and environmental health (P);Environmental policies and institutions (S) Safeguard Policies Specialists in the task team: Chongwu Sun, Youlan Zou, Dahong Li Loan/Credit amount ($m.): IBRD: 116 Other financing amounts by source ($m): 116 (LMG and others TBD) B. Project Objectives [from section 3 of PCN] The project objective is to improve the quality of water of the River Liujiang, through: (i) development of a comprehensive waste water collection and treatment system in its urban districts and urban suburb of the rural Liujiang county; and (ii) introduction of policy and regulatory measures to effectively control industrial waste water discharge. C. Project Description [from section 4 of PCN] The project would consist of:(i) investment component and (ii) institutional development and capacity building component. Investment Component The preliminary scope of the Project, is focusing on a series of five sub-components of essentially primary sewerage network and treatment works in various areas of the city. One of them in the southwest is intended to assist the urban development of a township in the outskirts of the city (Liujiang District) and protect the use of water resources for agricultural purposes. All the proposed measures are currently in the sewerage and sanitation sector. They would Page 2 complement and complete a series of similar investments already carried out by the city in various areas linked to the urban development and its road infrastructure. The total investment cost is preliminarily estimated at RMB 1,913,000,000. (US$225 million) . The sub-components, with indicative scope, are below: 1. Baisha Sewage Treatment and Conveyance (30 km pipelines,100,000m3 capacity) 2a. Longquanshan Sewage Treatment (26 km pipeline,150,000m3 capacity) 2b. Comprehensive Renovation Project of Water Environment of Zhuerxi 3. Jinlan Sewage Treatment and conveyance (8.6km pipeline,100,000m3 capacity) 4. Yanghe sewage treatment and conveyance (pipelines-tbd, and 40,000m3 capacity) 5. Labao Sewage Treatment and conveyance (13 km pipeline, 40,000m3 capacity) Institutional Development and Capacity Building : This component would help: (i) Liuzhou Construction Investment and Development Co.Ltd (ICDC), implement the project (procurement and construction supervision); (ii) LMG and ICDC to develop an autonomous and financially sustainable waste water company; and (iii) Environment Protection Bureau (EPB) to enhance its capacity in enforcing environmental regulations related to industrial waste water discharge. This component will finance TA, Studies, Training and associated equipment and goods, including monitoring equipment. The ID and Capacity Building Component is preliminarily estimated at US$ 7 million. Implementing Agency The implementing agency of the project is Liuzhou Construction Investment and Development Co. Ltd (ICDC), 100% owned by LMG. Its department of sewerage will be responsible for construction of the wastewater system. A new financially autonomous waste water company which is ICDC