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Republic of Uganda MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT IN MAJANJI, LUMINO, BUHEHE, MASAFU, MASABA, DABANI, BUTEBA, MASINYA and SIKUDA SUB-COUNTIES; BUSIA MUNICIPALITY, BUSIA DISTRICT. UPADTED AND FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT APRIL 2018 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for Busia Water Supply and Sanitation Project TABLE OF CONTENTS table of contents .........................................................................................................................................................................................................ii LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................................................................................................................... vii LIST OF TABLES...................................................................................................................................................................................................... vii LIST OF PLATES.....................................................................................................................................................................................................viii 1ACRONYMSINTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................................................................................ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................................................................................................x 1.1 The Integrated................................ Water Management................................ and Development................................ Project................................ (IWMDP) .................................................................1 1.2 Current Water Supply and Sanitation in Busia .......................................................................1 1.2.1 Status of urban water supply ............................................................................................................................3 1.2.2 Status of urban sanitation facilities .......................................................................................................................................................3 1.3 The Feasibility Study ...........................................................................................................................................3 1.4 Project Location 1.5 Need for an ESIA .............................................................................................................................................................................3 1.6 Purpose of the ESIA.....................................................................................................................................................................................4 1.7 The ESIA Process ....................................................................................................................................................................................5 ...............................................................................................................................................................................5 ....................................................................................................................................................................................5 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...............................................................................................................................................................................7 2.2 Lake Intake infrastructure 2.1 Water supply system components...............................................................................................................................................7 2.2.1 A water treatment plant................................ infrastructure ..................................................................................................................................7 2.2.2 Treated water transmission main 2.2.3 Storage reservoirs at Buhehe and Dabani...................................................................................................................................8 2.2.4 Improved distribution network ..............................................................................................................................................9 ............................................................................................................................10 2.3 Onsite sanitation management facilities................................................................................................................................................10 2.4 Offsite sanitation management ....................................................................................................................................10 3 POLICY, LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS.....................................................................................................................................................11 3.1 National policies and Laws on environmental................................ and Social................................ Impact assessment............................................................................13 3.2 Policies 3.3 Guidelines .............................................................13 3.4 Laws ....................................................................................................................................................................................................13 3.5 Regulations..............................................................................................................................................................................................13 3.6 Key Envi................................ronmental Policies,................................ Laws and................................ Guidelines .........................................................................................................13 3.7 Key Social Policies,................................ Laws and................................ Guidelines. ...........................................................................................................................13 3.8 Key International Environmental and Social Laws..................................................................................................................14 3.9 Legal, policy and regulatory framework for................................ resettlement ................................in Uganda ...................................................................18 ..................................................................................................................21 3.9.1 Customary land ..............................................................................21 3.9.2 Freehold land 3.9.3 Public land ..............................................................................................................................................................................21 ..................................................................................................................................................................................22 3.10 World Bank Safeguard................................ Policies........................................................................................................................................................23 4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE......................................................................................................................................................23 .............................................................................................................................................25 Ministry of Water and Environment Updated by Individual Environmental Consultant, ii Nelson Omagor. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for Busia Water Supply and Sanitation Project 4.1 Socio-economic Environment 4.1.1 Demographic characteristics........................................................................................................................................................25 4.1.2 Ethnic composition 4.1.3 Age composition of the affected................................ persons .....................................................................................................................25 4.1.4 Religious affiliation .......................................................................................................................................................................25 4.1.5 Marital status .............................................................................................................................26 4.1.6 Average household ................................size .......................................................................................................................................26 4.1.7 Education and................................ literacy levels ..................................................................................................................................................26 4.1.8 Existence of vulnerable groups..............................................................................................................................................................27