REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN Syrdarya Water Supply Project (Project financed by World Bank) Public Disclosure Authorized Uzbek Communal Services Agency DRAFT REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT of Rehabilitation of Water Supply in Akaltyn, Bayaut, Public Disclosure Authorized Mirzaabad, Sardoba and Khavast-Mekhnatobad Rayons of Syrdarya Region Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Tashkent February 2010 Syrdarya Water Supply Project Environmental Assessment Report, February 2010 CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS: ........................................................................................................ 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ 8 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 13 1. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 14 1.1. WB EIA REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 14 1.2. UZBEKISTAN EIA REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................ 15 2. ORGANIZATIONAL, LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION .... 17 2.1. LEGAL FRAMEWORK........................................................................................................................... 17 2.1.1. NATIONAL LEGISLATION ON PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT ....................................................... 17 2.1.2. GOVERNMENTAL POLICY ON ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION .................................................................. 18 2.1.3. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IN THE SPHERE OF NATURE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION OF TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................ 18 2.2. GENERAL NATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................................................... 18 2.3. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................ 20 2.4 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT IN THE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SECTOR .................................... 20 2.5. LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF NGO AND CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION .......................................................... 21 2.5.1 LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF NGOS PARTICIPATION .................................................................................. 22 2.5.2 LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS’ SELF-GOVERNING BODIES ................................... 22 3. PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE CONDITIONS .................................................................... 23 3.1. SYRDARYA REGION .......................................................................................................................... 23 3.1.1. PHYSICAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................................... 23 3.1.2. WATER RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................... 24 3.1.3. SOIL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 32 3.1.4. FLORA AND FAUNA .......................................................................................................................... 35 3.1.5. SOCIAL ASPECTS AND POPULATION HEALTH IN SYRDARYA REGION .................................................... 37 3.2. AKALTYN RAYON .............................................................................................................................. 38 3.2.1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHIC AND CLIMATE PECULIARITIES ........................................................................ 38 3.2.2. EXISTING SOURCES OF IMPACT ........................................................................................................ 40 3.2.3. GEOLOGICAL AND HYDRO GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ......................................................................... 40 3.2.4. WATER RESOURCES. ...................................................................................................................... 40 3.2.5. SOIL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 44 3.2.6. SOCIO-ECONOMICAL ASPECTS AND POPULATION HEALTHCARE .......................................................... 46 3.3. BAYAUT RAYON ................................................................................................................................ 48 3.3.1. PHYSICAL-GEOGRAPHICAL AND CLIMATIC PECULIARITIES ................................................................... 48 3.3.2. EXISTING SOURCES OF IMPACT ........................................................................................................ 49 3.3.3. GEOMORPHOLOGIC AND HYDRO GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ................................................................ 50 3.3.4. WATER RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................... 50 3.3.5. SOIL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 53 3.3.6. SOCIO-ECONOMICAL ASPECTS AND POPULATION HEALTHCARE .......................................................... 54 3.4. MIRZAABAD RAYON .......................................................................................................................... 56 3.4.1. PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATIC PECULIARITIES ........................................................................ 56 3.4.2. EXISTING SOURCES OF IMPACT ........................................................................................................ 57 3.4.3. GEOLOGICAL AND HYDRO GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ......................................................................... 57 3.4.4. WATER RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................... 58 3.4.5. SOIL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 60 3.4.6. SOCIAL ASPECTS AND POPULATION HEALTH ...................................................................................... 61 3.5. SARDOBA RAYON ............................................................................................................................. 63 3.5.1. PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATIC PECULIARITIES ........................................................................ 63 3.5.2. EXISTING SOURCES OF IMPACT. ....................................................................................................... 63 3.5.3. GEOLOGICAL AND HYDRO GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ......................................................................... 64 AHT/DMC 2 Syrdarya Water Supply Project Environmental Assessment Report, February 2010 3.5.4. WATER RESOURCES. ...................................................................................................................... 64 3.5.5. SOIL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 66 3.5.6. SOCIO-ECONOMICAL ASPECTS AND POPULATION HEALTHCARE .......................................................... 67 3.6. KHAVAST RAYON .............................................................................................................................. 69 3.6.1. PHYSICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND CLIMATIC PECULIARITIES .................................................................. 69 3.6.2. EXISTING SOURCES OF IMPACT ........................................................................................................ 70 3.6.3. GEOLOGICAL AND HYDRO GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ......................................................................... 71 3.6.4. WATER RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................... 72 3.6.5. SOIL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 74 3.6.6. SOCIO-ECONOMICAL ASPECTS AND POPULATION HEALTHCARE .......................................................... 76 4. ASSESSMENT OF PRESENT ENVIRONMENT CONDITION .............................................................. 79 5. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PROJECT INVESTMENTS ........................................................... 84 5.1. MEASURES AND WORK STRUCTURE .................................................................................................... 84 5.1.1. AKALTYN RAYON WATER SUPPLY ..................................................................................................... 88 5.1.2. BAYAUT RAYON WATER SUPPLY SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY NEW WATER SUPPLY SCHEME FROM ...... 88 5.1.3. MIRZAABAD RAYON WATER SUPPLY .................................................................................................. 90 5.1.4.SARDOBA RAYON WATER SUPPLY ..................................................................................................... 90 5.1.5. KHAVAST RAYON WATER SUPPLY ....................................................................................................