Environmental Assessment Report People's Republic of China: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Proj
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Environmental Assessment Report Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 40641-013 October 2013 People’s Republic of China: Hebei Small Cities and Towns Development Demonstration Sector Project (Botou Water Distribution Pipeline Network Rehabilitation Component) Prepared by the Hebei provincial government for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) This Initial Environmental Examination 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. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 10 May 2011) Currency Unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.15 $1.00 = CNY6.5 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AP – Affected Person BCG – Botou County Government COD – Chemical Oxygen Demand EA – Executing Agency EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMC – Environment Monitoring Center EMP – Environmental Management Plan EPB – Environmental Protection Bureau GDP – Gross Domestic Product IA – Implementing Agency IEE – Initial Environmental Examination MEP – Ministry of Environmental Protection NH3-N – Ammonia Nitrogen NOx – Nitrogen Oxide PMO – Project Management Office PPTA – Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRC – People’s Republic of China SEIA – Summary Environmental Impact Assessment SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Ha – hectare km – kilometer km2 – square kilometer m – meter m2 – square meter m3 – cubic meter m3/a – cubic meters per annum mg/l – milligrams per liter mg/m3 – milligram per cubic meter mm – millimeter t/a – tons per annum CONTENTS Page I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 4 A. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................ 4 B. IEE FEATURES AND FINDINGS ................................................................................................ 5 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................................... 7 A. JUSTIFICATION AND RATIONAL ............................................................................................... 7 B. THE FEATURES OF PROPOSED WWTP .................................................................................. 8 III. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATION FRAMEWORK .................................................... 9 A. NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................ 9 B. ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................. 11 C. APPLICABLE ADB POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ......................................... 12 IV. DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................... 13 A. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................................... 13 B. ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................... 13 C. SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................... 13 D. BASELINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY .............................................................................. 13 V. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................. 15 A. EXPECTED POSITIVE IMPACT ............................................................................................... 15 B. IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES DURING CONSTRUCTION ............................................ 15 C. IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES DURING OPERATION ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. VI. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................... 15 A. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ..................................................................................... 20 B. WITH-PROJECT AND WITHOUT-PROJECT SCENARIOS .......................................................... 20 C. HEAT SOURCE ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................. 20 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ......................................................................... 22 VIII. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ...................................... 23 A. PUBLIC CONSULTATION ....................................................................................................... 23 B. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ...................................................................................... 23 IX. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................ 25 3 4 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Background 1. Botou City is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, adjacent to Nanpi in the east, Wuqiang and Wuyi in the west, Fu county in the south, Xian county in the north. It is 150km from the north to Tianjin, 80km from the south to Dezhou, the east border is Bohai Sea, 80km from the Huanghua Port 80km, is the Heilonggang area belongs to the Haihe River Basin. The city is located in the east of Botou, after the jinpu railway, the South Canal and Beijing-Fuzhou, Beijing-dalian, Cangzhou-Shijiazhuang highways have been built, Botou as a transport hub and business center, material distribution center and the strategic economic areas is more prominent and important. South Canal and Beijing-Shanghai railway divide the city into urban west, east, Road East in three parts. The total area of Botou is 1007km2, the total population is 56 million, the city of Botou area is 17.1 km2, and the urban population is 14.8 million. Recent planning of the estimated population in 2010 is 22.5 million, long-term planning of population in 2020 is 32.5 million. Botou has a solid industrial foundation; it is the famous "Forged town" in the history, and a famous "hometown of pear". It is rich in resources, coupled with excellent geographical conditions, has a broad vision in supporting industries and non-staple food services industrys between Beijing and Tianjin. 2. Hebei is one of the provinces with severe water resource shortage problems. The water resource per capita is only 1/7 of the national average level. The shortage of water resource, especially in Botou City, has been a significant obstacle to restrain the sustainable development of urban economy and society. The most important issues in Botou include: (i) The existing distribution networks were built decades ago, with zin-coated iron pipes. The interior walls of the pipelines are seriously corroded and damaged. The valves cannot close tightly as well. These problems leads to frequent leakage and pipe burst. Local residents do not have the habit to save water, which also causes waste of water resource. (ii) Severe leakage in the networks after the master meter causes huge gap between the readings of the master meter and that of the sub-meters. In 2007, the reading difference between the master meter and the sum of the sub-meters was 40%. (iii) After the release of the Property Management Rules, some property management companies have found their reasons to refuse to collect water tariffs on behalf of the water supply company, which causes more arrearage. (iv) Existing household sub-meters are all installed within the property of local residents, hense the water supply company loses effective supervision upon unauthorized modification of the water meters. Large amount water is unaccounted for, causing loss to the water supply company. Moreover, while many citizens’ water bills are charged directly to each household, some are still based on the main water meter. And because of the poor quality of public water pipe network, water leak and loss is up to around 40%, which resulted in big measuring difference between main meter and submeters, that led oftenly to water bill disputes. According to the statistics, till the end of December 2011, there was more than CNY 3 million of water revenue behind payment, 70% of which came from domestic water use. (v) The distribution networks are highly dated which leads to large leakage and waste of water. And (vi) Some existing pipeline materials are iron, asbestine, or zine-coated iron which have already fallen into disuse. The old materials not only affect water quality but also increase energy consumption due to high pipeline friction force. 3. In recent years, water supply demand has greatly increased in Botou city together with the economic development, growth of the city and its population. The huge sum of arrearage has become heavy burden of water supply enterprises, which directly affects the construction and development of water supply work. In order to enhance water supply management, improve existing pipe network and revenue model, promote effective use and conservation of water 5 resources, gradually change to stairs-type water prices, we must take effective measures from the moment and carry out “one meter per household, and out of the house”. Therefore, as a very important part of urban infrastructure, water meter makeover work is extremely urgent. 4. The implementation of the subproject will promote the national policies of saving water, protecting water resource and constructing a conservation-oriented society in the following ways: (i) The implementation of the subproject will promote