ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY ON REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF MONTENEGRIN COAST FROM WATER SOURCE BOLUE SESTRE GOVERNMENT OF THE B REPUBLIC OF . MONTENEGRO Public Disclosure Authorized PE REGIONALNI VODOVOD CRNOGORSKO PRIMORIE E1545 r . Public Disclosure Authorized ERCEG NOVi ULCINJ Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL INIPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY ON REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF MONTENEGRIN COAST FROM WATER SOURCE BOLJE SESTRE Public Disclosure Authorized FINAL MARCH 2007 ITSC LTD. MONTENEGRO - OCTOBER 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY ON REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF MONTENEGRIN COAST FROM WATER SOURCE BOLJE SESTRE TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................. ViII 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 9 1.1. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WATER SOURCES BOLJE SESTRE AND KARUC AND SELECTION OF THE SOURCE FOR REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF MONTENEGRIN COAST ..............................9 1.2. WATER DEMAND AND RWSS CAPACITY ................................................. 9 1.3. DESCRIPTION OF THE RWSS ................................................................. 9 1.3.1. THE CONTINENTAL PART OF THE RWSS ............................................................... 9 1.3.2. THE COASTAL PART OF THE RWSS ............................................ 9 2. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ............................... 9 2.1. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ......................................................................................... 9 2.1.1. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES ...................................... 9 2.2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE EIA STUDY ................................................................ 9 2.3. LAW ON NATIONAL PARKS ....................................................................................... 9 2.4. REGULATIONS ON ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...................................... 9 2.5. LAW ON SKADAR LAKE ......................................................................................... 9 2.6. REGULATION ON THE PROTECTION OF RARE, EXCEPTIONAL, ENDANGERED AND ENDEMIC SPECIES .................9 2.7. LAW ON PROTECTION OF CULTURAL MONUMENTS .......................................... 9 2.8. REGULATION ON WATER CLASSIFICATION AND CATEGORIZATION ................................................................ 9 2.9. LAW ON NATURE PROTECTION .................................................................................... 9 2.10. REGULATION ON HYGIENIC QUALITY OF POTABLE WATER ..................................... 9 2.11. EUROPEAN WATER LEGISLATION .................................................................................. 9 3. BASELINE DATA ................................................. 9 3.1. SKADAR LAKE BASIN .......................................................................................... 9 3.1.1. SKADAR LAKE ......................................................................................... 9 3.1.2. BOLJE SESTRE-AREA DESCRIPTION ............................................. 9 3.1.3. HYDROLOGY OF SKADAR LAKE ................................................. 9 3.1.4. THERMAL WATER REGIME OF SKADAR LAKE ................................................................ 9 3.1.5. WATER QUALITY ........................................................................................ 9 3.1.6. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT BOLJE SESTRE SOURCE ................................... 9 3.1.7. CLIMATE 9 3.1.8. ECOSYSTEM AND BIODIVERSITY ................................................ 9 3.1.9. POPULATION ............................................................. 9...9 3.1.10. TOURISM 9 3.1.11. NATIONAL PARK "SKADAR LAKE" ............................................... 9 3.1.12. CULTURAL HERITAGE .................................................................................... 9 3.2. MONTENEGRIN COAST .......................................................................................... 9 4. SOCIOLOGICALPARTOFTHESTUDY ................................... 9 4.1. ORGANIZATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ............................................ 9 4.2. RESEARCH IN THE VILLAGES NEIGHBOURING THE FUTURE WATER INTAKE ......................... 9 4.3. NGO OPINION ................................................................................................ 9 ITSC LTD. MONTENEGRO - OCTOBER 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY ON REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF MONTENEGRIN COAST FROM WATER SOURCE BOLJE SESTRE 4.4. CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................9 5. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS .............................................. 9 5.1. PROJECT IMPACTS ON THE SKADAR LAKE BASIN ........................................... 9 5.1.1. IMPACTS ON WATER REGIME ................................................... 9 5.1.2. IMPACT ON NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES ........................................... 9 5.1.3. IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY ................................................... 9 5.1.4. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY......................................................9 5.1.5. IMPACT ON SOIL QUALITY ..................................................... 9 5.1.6. IMPACT ON POPULATION HEALTH ................................................ 9 5.1.7. IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM............................................. .........I 9 5.1.8. POTENTIAL NEGATIVE POOR MANAGEMENT IMPACT ................................... 9 5.1.9. IMPACT ON POPULATION, ITS DENSITY AND MIGRATIONS ............................... 67 5.1.10. IMPACT ON TOURISM........................................................9 5.1.11. IMPACT ON LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT ......................................... 68 5.1.12. IMPACT ON INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................. 9 5.1.13. IMPACT ON NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ..................................... 9 5.1.14. IMPACT ON LANDSCAPE FEATURES .............................................. 9 5.1.15. OTHER IMPACTS...........................................................9 5.1.16. SUMMARY OF REVIEWED IMPACTS ............................................... 9 5.2. PROJECT IMPACT ON THE COASTAL REGION OF MONTENEGRO ................................. 9 5.2.1. CONSTRUCTION PHASE......................................................9 5.2.2. OPERATIONAL PHASE....................................................... 74 5.2.3. IMPACT ON LOCAL SEWERAGE SYSTEM .......................................... 75 5.3. SUMMARY OF REVIWED IMPACTS..................................................... 76 5.4. THE PROJECT BENEFITS........................................................... 78 6. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN ....................................... 9 6.1. IMPLEMENTATION OF MITIGATION AND MONITORING MEASURES ................................ 9 6.2. PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES .................................................... 9 6.2.1. WATER REGIME ............................................................ 9 6.2.2. WATER QUALITY...........................................................9 6.2.3. AIR QUALITY ..............................................................9 6.2.4. SOIL QUALITY ............................................................. 9 6.2.5. POPULATION HEALTH ........................................................ 9 6.2.6. ECOSYSTEM .............................................................. 9 6.2.7. POPULATION, ITS DENSITY AND MIGRATIONS ........................................ 9 6.2.8. TOURISM ............................................. ................... 9 6.2.9. LAND USE ..................................................................................... 9 6.2.10. INFRASTRUCTURE..........................................................9 6.2.11. NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ............................................. 9 6.2.12. LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS ................................................. 9 6.2.13. PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS DURING CONSTRUCTION .................................. 9 6.2.14. MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING DURING OPERATION .................................... 9 6.3. MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THE COASTAL REGION OF MONTENEGRO ............................ 9 6.4. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN ................................................... 9 6.5. THE COSTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN ........................ 9 7. CONCLUSIONSAND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................... 9 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................................9 ITSC LTD. MONTENEGRO - OCTOBER 2006 111 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY ON REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF MONTENEGRIN COAST FROM WATER SOURCE BOUE SESTRE LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1-1 WATER QUANTITIES NECESSARY TO SUPPLY DURING SUMMER PERIODS ..............................9 TABLE 2-1 PARAMETERS AND MPC VALUES FOR VARIOUS WATER CLASSES ...................................................................... 25 TABLE 3.1 BASELINE MORPHOMETRIC DATA ON SKADAR LAKE AT MEAN WATER LEVEL .......................... 33 TABLE 3.2 SKADAR LAKE WATER TEMPERATURES (°C) IN THE PERIOD OF 1952.- 1970., ACCORDING TO THE RHMZ DATA.. 37 TABLE 3-3 -WATER TEMPERATURE (°C) OF MALO BLATO AND BOLJE SESTRE, ACCORDING TO THE RHMZ AND CETI ........39 TABLE 3-4 BASIC ANIMAL SPECIES INTHE SKADAR LAKE REGION ....................................................................... 49 TABLE 3-5 POPULATION BY VILLAGES ........... ............................................................................... 51 TABLE