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Environmental and Social Monitoring Report February 2021 Report covers period for July to December 2020 Cambodia: Urban Water Supply Project Prepared by the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation for the Government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental and social 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. Semi-Annual Environmental and Social Monitoring Report KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation Project Number: 3232 Urban Water Supply Project Reporting Period: July-December 2020 Date: February 2021 SESMR Report Number: 2 PUBLIC. This information is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy. Semi-Annual Environmental and Social Monitoring Report July-December 2020 Contents Project’s Outputs ................................................................................................................ 1 1 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING ................................................... 1 1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS SUMMARY .................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Summary of Project Progress .......................................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Summary of EMP Implementation .................................................................................. 6 1.1.3 Summary of EMP Monitoring ......................................................................................... 6 1.2 SAFEGUARDS STAFF, TRAINING AND DOCUMENTATION .............................................. 8 1.2.1 Implementation Arrangements ...................................................................................... 8 1.2.2 Training & Capacity Building ......................................................................................... 10 1.2.3 ADB Approvals............................................................................................................... 10 1.2.4 National Approvals ........................................................................................................ 12 1.2.5 Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) Approvals ............................. 13 1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ....................................................................................... 14 1.3.1 Status of EMP implementation (Mitigation Measure) .................................................. 14 1.3.2 Health and Safety Performance .................................................................................... 23 1.3.3 Environmental Quality Monitoring ............................................................................... 24 1.3.4 Construction Phase Affected People Consultation ....................................................... 25 2 SOCIAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING ................................................................... 26 2.1 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF MONITORING ................................................................... 26 2.2 INTERNAL MONITORING .................................................................................................... 26 2.3 IR/IP IMPLEMENTATION STATUS ...................................................................................... 26 2.4 RP/IPP IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES PER REPORTING PERIOD ............................... 33 2.5 PLANNING FOR UPCOMING ACTIVITIES .......................................................................... 34 3 GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ....................................................................... 35 3.1 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ............................................................................................. 35 3.2 CORRECTIVE ACTION ........................................................................................................ 37 4 CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION ...................................................................... 38 4.1 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................... 38 4.1.1 Environment .................................................................................................................. 38 4.1.2 Social ............................................................................................................................. 38 4.1.3 Project Specific GRM ..................................................................................................... 39 4.2 RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................................................................... 39 PUBLIC. This information is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy. Semi-Annual Environmental and Social Monitoring Report July-December 2020 Tables Table 1 Project Progress Summary- ALL subprojects ............................................................................ 1 Table 2. Status of Environmental Safeguard Roles- ALL subprojects .................................................... 8 Table 3. Environmental and social Safeguards Training Provided and Planned- ALL subprojects ..... 10 Table 4. Status of Environmental Safeguard Documents- ALL subprojects ......................................... 10 Table 5. Status of National Approvals for Environmental Documents- ALL subprojects ...................... 12 Table 6. Status of CEMP Approvals- ALL subprojects ......................................................................... 13 Table 7: Status of EMP Compliance (Kampong Thom, Stoung, Kampong Cham, Pursat, Output 1) .. 14 Table 8. Status of EMP Compliance Stung Treng Water Supply System (Output 2) ........................... 17 Table 9: Status of EMP Compliance (Siem Reap Water Supply sub-project, output 3) ....................... 19 Table 10. EMP– Actions Needed for Compliance Stung Treng Water Supply System (Output 2) ..... 22 Table 11. EMP Compliance Outstanding Issues from Previous Report(s) – Output 1, 2 and 3 .......... 23 Table 12. Status of Health and Safety Compliance - ALL subprojects ................................................. 23 Table 13. Status of Health and Safety Actions Needed for Compliance - ALL subprojects ................. 24 Table 14. EMP Environmental Quality Monitoring Requirements during Construction Stung Treng Water Supply System (Output 2) ..................................................................................................................... 24 Table 15. EMP Environmental Quality Monitoring Requirements during Construction Stung Treng Water Supply System ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Table 16. Construction Phase Affected People Consultation- ALL subprojects ................................... 25 Table 17: Project/subprojects progress ................................................................................................ 28 Table 18: List of upcoming social safeguard activities to be done from February to June 2021 .......... 34 Table 19: Information Disclosure (output 1, C 1b, C1 d) ...................................................................... 35 Table 20. Project Complaints or Issues- ALL subprojects .................................................................... 36 Table 21. Project Complaints or Issues – Not resolved from previous reports- ALL subprojects ........ 37 Table 22. Corrective Action Issued- ALL subprojects ........................................................................... 37 PUBLIC. This information is being disclosed to the public in accordance with ADB’s Access to Information Policy. Semi-Annual Environmental and Social Monitoring Report July-December 2020 General Project background of the project Output 1: Existing water supply systems improved in seven towns. The project will improve operational performance of water supply systems in seven towns and ensure that the facilities operate at optimal level before coverage is expanded under a proposed subsequent sector loan. The improvements will comprise (i) new deep wells at Kampong Cham; (ii) rehabilitated water treatment plants in seven towns; (iii) rehabilitated or new clear water storage tanks in three towns; (iv) rehabilitated pumping equipment in four towns; (v) augmented and/or replaced water mains in four towns; and (vi) subsidized household connections along new pipelines, including provision for 2,000 new connections for Kampong Cham and Svay Rieng. New laboratory equipment will be provided in five towns to improve monitoring and water quality. Output 2: New water supply system provided for Stung Treng. The project will provide a new water supply system for the town Stung Treng that will include (i) a surface water intake; (ii) a water treatment plant that will have a capacity of about 7,950 cubic meters per day and be equipped with a laboratory; (iii) about 354 km of water transmission and distribution pipelines; and (iv) provision for 4,600 new household connections that will be subsidized for dpoor households. Output 3: Water