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E2271 KINGDOM OF MOROCCO Public Disclosure Authorized NATIONAL POTABLE WATER AUTHORITY (OFFICE NATIONAL DE L’EAU POTABLE) REGIONAL POTABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS Public Disclosure Authorized PROJECT Environmental Assessment Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared by: Dr. Abdelmourhit Lahbabi & Dr. Khalid Anouar Environmental Consultants Public Disclosure Authorized June 23, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations and Acronyms................................................................................................. 4 Summary................................................................................................................................. 6 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 13 2. Administrative, legal and sectoral Framework.................................................................. 14 2.1 Institutional and administrative framework .............................................................. 14 2.2 Legal framework for the sector ................................................................................ 14 2.3 World Bank safeguard policies ................................................................................ 16 3. Description of the project necessitating the preparation of an EIA and analysis of alternatives.............................................................................................................................. 17 3.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................17 3.2 Project components.....................................................................................................17 3.3 Project performances indicators ............................................................................... 20 3.4 Project alternatives and justification ..........................................................................20 4. Initial status of the environment........................................................................................ 21 4.1 SIBEs located in project intervention areas……. ………………………………..21 4.2 Water component..................................................................................................... 24 4.3 Conclusion on environmental sensitivity ................................................................. 27 5. Environmental impacts analysis......................................................................................... 27 5.1 Identification of impacts sources ............................................................................. 27 5.2 Impacts analysis ...................................................................................................... 28 6. Public consultations ............................................................................................................ 39 7. Environmental and Social Management Plan .................................................................. 40 7.1 Introduction............................................................................................................. 40 7.2 Environmental management and coordination.......................................................... 41 7.3 Mitigation of project negative impacts……………………………………………42 7.4 Environmental monitoring plan ............................................................................... 45 7.5 Environmental capacity building ............................................................................. 54 8. Analysis of project activities in relation to the World Bank environmental and social safeguard policies ............................................................................................................... 56 8.1 Policy OP 4.01: Environmental Assessment ............................................................ 56 8.2 Policy OP 4.12: Involuntary Resettlement ............................................................... 56 8.3 Other Safeguard policies ………………………………………………………....57 9. Estimated budget for ESMP implementation…………………………………………..59 References ............................................................................................................................... 61 Annexes ................................................................................................................................... 66 2 ANNEXES ANNEX A : NADOR/DRIOUCH SUB-PROJECT IMPACTS MATRIX ANNEX B : ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR ERRACHIDIA SUB- PROJET ANNEX C : IMPACTS MATRIX FOR THE SAFI/YOUSSOUFIA/SIDI BENNOUR SUB-PROJECT ANNEX D : ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING DATA GATHERING FORM – SANITATION COMPONENT ANNEX E : PROJECT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 3 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ABHOR: Oum Er Rbia Hydraulic Basin Agency (Agence du Bassin Hydraulique d’Oum Er Rbia) AFD: French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement) AM: Aide Mémoire Cd: Cadmium CHS: High Service Canal (Canal Haut Service) CR: Rural Municipality (Commune Rurale) CT: Total Coli form Cu: Copper DAE: ONEP’S Sanitation and Environmental Department (Direction de l’Assainissement et de l’Environnement) DEP: ONEP’s Department for Access to Potable Water (Direction centrale de généralisation de l’Eau Potable) DGH: General Department for Hydraulics (Direction Générale de l’Hydraulique) DTI: ONEP’s Technical and Engineering Department (Direction Technique et Ingenierie) EA: Environmental Assessment EIA: Environmental Impact Assessment ESMP: Environmental and Social Management Plan FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization FC: Fecal Coli form Fe: Fer (Iron) GEP: Universal Water Access Program (Programme de Généralisation de l’Eau Potable) HC: Household Connection IS: Individual Sanitation KDh: One Thousand Dirhams MDh: Million of Dirhams MEMEE: Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment (Ministère de l’Energie, des Mines, de l’Eau et de l’Environnement ) MMDh : Milliard de Dirhams (Billion of Dirhams) Mn: Manganese Ni: Nickel ONEP: National Potable Water Authority (Office National de l’Eau Potable) OP/BP: Operational Policy – Bank Procedure PAD: Project Appraisal Document Pb: Lead PIWS: Potable and Industrial Water Supply RADEEJ: Régie Autonome d’Eau et d’Electricité d’El Jadida 4 RADEES: Régie Autonome d’Eau et d’Électricité de Safi REUD: Réseau d'Eaux Usées Décantées (Decanted Used Water Network) RS: Rural Sanitation SAR: Sodium Absorption Ratio SF: Streptocoques Fécaux (Fecal Streptococci) SIBE: Site d’Intérêt Biologique et Ecologique (Site of Biological and Ecological Interest) SMT: Equipe de Mobilisation Sociale (Social Mobilization Team) SP: Standpipe (Public) WHO: World Health Organization WSS: Water Supply and Sanitation WTP: Station de Traitement (Water Treatment Plant) WWTP: Station d’Epuration (Waste Water Treatment Plant) Zn: Zinc 5 SUMMARY The Government of Morocco has requested support from the World Bank for the financing of the second tranche of the Universal Access to Potable Water Program (Programme de Generalisation de l’Eau Potable –GEP) in the Provinces of Safi, Youssoufia, Sidi Bennour, Errachidia, Driouch and Nador. The proposed project aims at strengthening the supply of potable water (Alimentation en Eau Potable –AEP) in a sustainable manner in the targeted provinces, insuring appropriate management of grey water, promoting hygiene practices in order to reduce the prevalence of waterborne diseases, and improving rural people quality of life. The project includes a first component that comprises the construction of drinking water plants and/or drillings, as well as regional water transport systems in the above-mentioned provinces. In the case of Nador, Driouch, Safi, Youssoufia and Sidi Bennour provinces, the works also include the installation of "branch pipes" on regional water supply systems to provide water to surrounding ‘douars’ (villages), with regulatory and storage reservoirs, pumping stations, water supply pipes, and supply of potable water (AEP) through standpipes (SP ). A second component deals with grey water management systems, and rural sanitation pilots. This component includes the design, implementation, and supervision of appropriate measures to prevent the occurrence of negative impacts on users’ health, linked to the increase of grey water. A third component is about institutional strengthening and the provision of support for project implementation. This component is designed to build ONEP’s capacity to implement the project, and to provide support to rural communities and users’ associations, including for the development and sustainable management of water supply through individual connections (HC). According to the World Bank’s safeguard policies and operational procedures, the supply of potable water (AEP) in rural and urban areas project is classified as a category B project, and its implementation must include an Environmental Assessment (EA), as well as an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP). The purpose of this consultancy is to perform an EA, and to develop an ESMP, in accordance with Bank’s procedures. The water and environmental sectors institutional, legal and regulatory framework is presented in paragraph 2 of this report while the natural environment of the regions targeted by the project is described in paragraph 4 of the said report. The project environmental assessment in paragraph 5 was developed according to the following three-level approach, including: Â An analysis of the project’s intervention areas natural environment, particularly in order to assess their environmental