Public Disclosure Authorized E4089 MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT Public Disclosure Authorized (MLGRD) SANITATION AND WATER PROJECT FOR THE GREATER ACCRA METROPOLITAN AREA (GAMA) REVISED DRAFT REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) FOR SANITATION AND WATER PROJECT FOR GAMA Prepared By: Dyson T. Jumpah [email protected] Public Disclosure Authorized TH 7 FLOOR, TRUST TOWERS FARRAR AVENUE, ADABRAKA ACCRA, GHANA. www.eemcgh.com DECEMBER 2012 LIST OF ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ARAP Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan ARIC Audit Review Implementation Committee BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand BP Best Practice DACF District Assemblies Common Fund DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DDF District Development Fund EA Environmental Assessment EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan ESO Environment and Social Officer EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan GAMA Greater Accra Metropolitan Area GoG Government of Ghana IGF Internally Generated Funds ILGS Institute of Local Government Studies L.I. Legislative Instrument LG Local Government MDA Ministries, Departments and Agencies MLGRD Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development MMA Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies MMDA Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies MOFEP Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning MPCU Metropolitan/Municipal Planning and Development Unit NDAP National Decentralisation Action Plan NEAP National Environmental Action Plan NGO Non Governmental Organization OP Operational Policy PEFA Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability DRAFT ESMF of Water & Sanitation Project for GAMA, MLGRD, Ghana,, December, 2012 ii PFM Public Financial Management RAP Resettlement Action Plan RCC Regional Coordinating Council RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SPEFA Social Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Groups UDU Urban Development Unit in MLGRD DRAFT ESMF of Water & Sanitation Project for GAMA, MLGRD, Ghana,, December, 2012 iii Table of Contents LIST OF ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................. II EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................... VIII 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... - 1 - 1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................................ - 1 - 1.2 PURPOSE AND STUDY OBJECTIVES OF ESMF .............................................................................................................. - 3 - 2.0 OVERALL APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY FOR ESMF PREPARATION ................................................................... - 5 - 2.1 APPROACH .................................................................................................................................................................... - 5 - 2.2 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................................. - 6 - 3.0 DESCRIPTION OF WATER AND SANITATION PROJECT FOR GAMA ........................................................................... - 7 - 3.1 CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES OF GAMA ............................................................................................................................... - 7 - 3.2 PROJECT COMPONENTS ................................................................................................................................................... - 8 - 3.2.1 Component 1 – Provision of Water and Sanitation Services ............................................................................- 8 - 3.2.2 Component 2 – Improvement and Expansion of Water Distribution Network ................................................- 9 - 3.2.3 Component 3 – Improvement and Expansion of Wastewater and Feacal Sludge Collection, Transportation and Treatment .......................................................................................................................................................................- 9 - 3.2.4 Component 4 - Institutional and Project Management Support ......................................................................- 9 - 4.0 RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS .............................................................................................. - 10 - 4.1 CONSULTATIONS WITH MMAS ....................................................................................................................................... - 10 - 4.2 CONSULTATIONS MINISTRIES DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES .................................................................................................. - 11 - 5.0 GAMA BASELINE PROFILE ..................................................................................................................................... - 12 - 5.1 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................................................. - 12 - 5.2 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................. - 12 - 5.3 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................................................ - 13 - 5.4 GEOLOGY AND CLIMATE ................................................................................................................................................. - 14 - 5.5 VEGETATION ................................................................................................................................................................ - 15 - 5.6 DRAINAGE ................................................................................................................................................................... - 17 - 5.7 AIR QUALITY ................................................................................................................................................................ - 20 - 5.8 DEMOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................................................................. - 21 - 6.0 POLICY, LEGAL, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ........................................ - 24 - 6.1 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................................... - 24 - 6.1.1 Ghana’s Environmental Policy........................................................................................................................- 24 - 6.1.2 National Water Policy ....................................................................................................................................- 24 - 6.1.3 Environmental Sanitation Policy ....................................................................................................................- 25 - 6.1.4 The Environmental Protection Agency Act .....................................................................................................- 26 - 6.1.5 EA Regulations and Procedures .....................................................................................................................- 27 - 6.1.6 EA (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 ..............................................................................................................- 27 - 6.1.7 Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462) ..........................................................................................................- 27 - 6.2 NATIONAL LABOUR, SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................... - 28 - 6.2.1 Factories, Offices and Shops Act ....................................................................................................................- 28 - 6.2.2 Occupational Safety and Health Policy of Ghana (Draft) ...............................................................................- 28 - 6.2.3 National Workplace HIV/AIDS Policy .............................................................................................................- 28 - 6.2.4 Labour Act ......................................................................................................................................................- 28 - DRAFT ESMF of Water & Sanitation Project for GAMA, MLGRD, Ghana,, December, 2012 iv 6.3 THE GHANA SHARED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA (GSGDA) ................................................................................. - 28 - 6.4 THE POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY OF GHANA ................................................................................................................ - 29 - 6.4.1 GPRS I and II ...................................................................................................................................................- 29 - 6.5 THE WORLD