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Environmental Monitoring Report # Semestral Report April 2018 TIM: District Capitals Water Supply Project Prepared by the National Directorate for Water Supply of the Ministry of Public Works for the Ministry of Finance and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Final Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report, District Capitals Water Supply Project ADB July 2017 to March 2018 Page | i Water and Sanitation Sub Project Management Unit, MPWTC, Government of Timor Leste Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 A. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 B. DESCRIPTION OF SUBPROJECTS ............................................................................................................................................. 3 C. STATUS OF PROJECTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 D. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 4 E. ARRANGEMENTS FOR MONITORING ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2. MONITORING ACTIVITIES....................................................................................................................................................... 7 3. CAPACITY BUILDING .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 4. WORKS COMPLETED AND WORKS IN PROGRESS......................................................................................................... 10 5. MONITORING RESULTS AND ACTIONS ............................................................................................................................. 15 6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................................ 16 APPENDICES Appendix 1 – Checklists Appendix 2 – Monitoring conducted by IES and DSC during monitoring period Appendix 3 – Sample Photographs of Project components during the reporting period Appendix 4 – Compliance with Environmental Management Plan Final Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report, District Capitals Water Supply Project ADB July 2017 to March 2018 Page | ii Water and Sanitation Sub Project Management Unit, MPWTC, Government of Timor Leste Abbreviations and Acronyms ADB – Asian Development Bank CAFI – Conselho de Administração do Fundo Infrastrutura CEMP – Contractors site-specific environmental management plan DNCPIA – National Directorate for Pollution Control and Environmental Impact EHSG – Environmental Health and Safety Guidelines (of World Bank Group) EIS – Environmental impact statement ELL – Environmental Licensing Law (Decree No. 5/11) EMP – Environmental management plan ESO – Environment and safety officer (of the civil works contractor) GRC – Grievance redress committee GRM – Grievance redress mechanism GOTL – Government of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste IES – International Environmental Specialist ( ESU - PMU) MPWTC – Ministry of Public Work, Transport and Communications NDE – National Directorate of Environment NDPCEI – National Directorate of Pollution Control and Environmental Impact (DNCPIA) NDLPCS – National Directorate of Land and Property and Cadastral Services (within MOJ) NDWSS – National Directorate of Water Supply Services (within MPWTC) NSE – National Site Supervision Engineer (Consultant KECC) NGO – Non – government organization SPMU – Sub Project Management Unit within MPWTC ROW – Right-of-way RP – Resettlement plan SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (of the ADB) SEIS – Simplified environmental impact statement TA – Technical assistance Final Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report, District Capitals Water Supply Project Page 1 Water and Sanitation Sub Project Management Unit, MPWTC, Government of Timor Leste : July 2017 to March 2018 1. Introduction A. Background 1. Inadequate access to a safe water supply is recognised as a significant cause of disease and child mortality in Timor-Leste. In October 2013 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in partnership with (i) the Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) Ministry of Public Works Transportation and Communications (MPWTC) and (ii) National Directorate for Water Supply (NDWS) signed a grant agreement for the project “District Capitals Water Supply Project Grant” to be financed by ADB and GoTL. 2. The Millenium Development Goal target for water supply for Timor Leste is to increase the proportion of people with access to improved water supply to 78% (from less than 50%). The dilapidated state of the water suply network in the district capitals at the commencement of this project meant that there was access to water for only a few hours every day for most of the population in Pante Makasar (Oecusse District 73%) and Manatuto (Manatuto District 51%). Prior to the commencement of this project more than a third of the population in Pante Makasar (37%) and Manatuto (42%) did not have access to a piped water supply from the National Directorate of Water Supply Services system (NDWSS). In addition to the direct effects on the health of town residents, lack of water contributes significantly to the burden on women; who spend time fetching water, managing home water supply and caring for children affected by water related diseases. 3. The District Capitals Water Supply Project aims to provide a safe and reliable water supply to the district capitals of Manatuto and Pante Macasar including rehabilitation of intakes and pipes and water supply infrastructure. The Grant, has not only benefited the local communities but also focused the attention of women and children in various locations by increasing their knowledge of water efficiency and safe hygiene practices. 4. In this reporting period this Project has been completed in Pante Macasar (Manatuto was completed in October 2016) and more people already enjoy improved supplies of drinking water. This should lead to fewer water related diseases, particularly in children under 5 years old. The NDWSS will now be able to provide a safe and more reliable water supply in the district capitals of Pante Makasar and Manatuto and lessen the workload on women. The Project is the first step in the GoTL plan to provide 24-hour access to safe drinking water in all district capitals. A summary of the works for both subprojects is shown in Table 1.1. Table 1.1: Summary of main components for ADB Grant aided Sub-Projects Transmission Distribution Project Source Development and Storage Status Water mains (m)* Water mains (m)* i) Completed (i) Weten Spring No.1 (ii) Completed (ii) Collector Box (iii) Completed (iii) Protection Fence Weten DCWSP 15,091 26,099 (iv) Completed (iv) Improve infiltration gallery Manatuto (Completed 16,181) (Completed 26,099) (v) Completed (v) Hatubela Tank (20m3) (vi) Completed (vi) Base Camp Tank (100m3) (vii) Completed (vii) Beklei Tank (100m3) (viii) Completed (i) Drilling new Tono well i) Completed (ii) Rehab Oetulu intake structure (ii) Completed (iii) Construct New Tulubesi intake (iii) Completed DCWSP Pante- 6,768 39,615 (iv) Rehab. Tulumopu intake structure (iv) Completed Makasar (Completed 6,050) (Completed 37,306) (v) Construct New Meokana intake (v) Completed (vi) Samoro Tank (350m3) (vi) Completed (vii) Oetulu Tank (250m3) (vii) Completed (viii) Oesono Tank (250m3) (viii) Completed * = Based on BOQ in contract and progress reports December 2016 (Manatuto) and October 2017 (Pante Makasar) 5. The location of the two subprojects is shown in Figure 1.1. Details of the works that the subprojects compise are presented later in this section. Final Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report, District Capitals Water Supply Project Page 2 Water and Sanitation Sub Project Management Unit, MPWTC, Government of Timor Leste : July 2017 to March 2018 Figure 1.1 Location of sub-projects in Manatuto and Pante-Makasar Final Environmental Safeguard Monitoring Report, District Capitals Water Supply Project Page 3 Water and Sanitation Sub Project Management Unit, MPWTC, Government of Timor Leste : July 2017 to March 2018 B. Description of Subprojects 6. DCWSP Manatuto subproject. The Manatuto subproject consisted of several improvements to water sources (called intakes) and upgrading of more that 40km of water transmission and distribution pipes. The Weten Spring No. 1 spring intake structure has been constructed to fully utilize that source which is located south of Manatuto next to the Laclo River. The Nunuli bore and Laclo Infiltration Gallery