1.5 Assessment Grade - World Bank Documents & Reports

GHPZ JZi No. 3701 LDHP 2013
China-Qinghai Xining Water Environment Management Project Environmental Impact Assessment
By: Environmental Quality Assessment & Research Center
(Class-A EIA Certificate No.3701, LDHP 2013) of Lanzhou University December 2013
|Project Name: |Qinghai Xining Water Environment Management |
| |Project |
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|EIA Entrusted |Huangshui River Basin (Xining Section) |
|by: |Integrated Management Committee |
| |Community Area |
|Scope of EIA: | |
|EIA Institute:|Environmental Quality Assessment & Research |
| |Center of Lanzhou University |
|Legal Person |Zhou Xuhong |
|of EIA | |
|Institute: | |
| |Pan Feng (Professor) |
|Responsible | |
|Person | |
|of EIA | |
|Institute: | | EIA Task Team: |Position |Names |Title |EIA License|Responsibi|Signature |
| | | |No. |lity | |
|Responsibl|Yuan Jiuyi |Professo|A3701008100|Overall | |
|e Person | |r |0 |Responsibi| |
|of Task | | | |lity | |
|Team | | | | | |
|Team |Chen Min |Associat|A37010037 |Chapters | |
|Members | |e | |1, 2, 4, 8| |
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| |Yang Hong |Lecturer|A37010028 |Chapters | |
| | | | |3, 6, 11, | |
| | | | |13 | |
| |Wang Pengbo|Lecturer|A3701011070|Chapters | |
| | | |0 |5, 7, 9, | |
| | | | |10,12 | |
|Reviewer |Tong Jilong|Associat|A3701009090|Review of | |
| | |e |0 |EIA | |
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|Reviewer |Pan Feng |Professo|A3701002040|Technical | |
|of | |r |0 |Review | |
|Technical | | | | | |
|Committee | | | | | | Project Implementing Unit: Huangshui River Basin (Xining Section) Integrated Management Committee Responsible Persons: Wu Misen, Xu Jin Staff Members: Ma Guiqiang, Li Yajiao, Li Hui, Song Qingqin, Zhang Yongliang,
Chen Yan, Tan Guiqin, Gu Xipei
Table of Contents
1 General Introduction 9
1.1 Project Background 9
1.1.1 Description of the World Bank Loan Project Previously Implemented in
2009 9 1.1.2 Origin of the Proposed Project 11 1.2 Purposes and Procedure of This EIA 12
1.2.1 Purposes of This EIA 12 1.2.2 Procedure of This EIA 13 1.3 References Used in This EIA 14
1.3.1 Relevant National Laws and Regulations 15 1.3.2 Local Laws and Regulations 17 1.3.3 Relevant Policies of the World Bank 17 1.3.4 Technical Standards and Referential Documents 18 1.3.5 Other Relevant Documents 19 1.4 Environmental Function Zoning 19
1.5 Assessment Grade 22
1.6 Assessment Scope 24
1.7 Assessment Standards 29
1.7.1 Quality Standards 29 1.7.2 Discharge Standard 31 1.7.3 Safeguard Policies of the World Bank 34 1.8 Objects and Sensitive Receptors for Environmental Protection 36
1.8.1 Objects and Sensitive Receptors for Ambient Air and Acoustic
Environmental Protection 36 1.8.2 Objects for Surface Water Environmental Protection 42 1.8.3 Objects for Social Environmental Protection 42 1.8.4 Objects for Ecological Environmental Protection 42 1.9 Focus of This EIA 42
2. Project Overview 43
2.1 Project Name 43
2.2 Project Development Objectives 43
2.3 Geographical Location of the Project 43
2.4 Project Components 45
2.5 Pipe Network Works for Rainwater and Wastewater Collection 50
2.5.1 Waste Water Collection Pipe Network 50 2.5.2 Associated Rainwater Pipeline 62 2.5.3 Roads 71 2.6 Demonstration for Reuse of Reclaimed Water 85
2.6.1 Relationship between the No.5 WWTP and this Project Component 85 2.6.2 Identification of Users of Reclaimed Water 85 2.6.3 Amount of Reclaimed Water Supply 86 2.6.4 Scale of Reclaimed Water Plant 86 2.6.5 Quality of Produced Reclaimed Water 86 2.6.6 Selection of Treatment Technology for the Reclaimed Water Plant 87 2.6.7 Site Selection for the Reclaimed Water Plant 87 2.6.8 Engineering Analysis of the Reclaimed Water Facility 87 89 2.6.9 Monitoring of Outflow Quality 89 2.6.10 Personnel Allocation 90 2.6.11 Plan for Use of Reclaimed Water as Municipal Miscellaneous Water 90 2.7 Low Impact Development and River Bank Environmental Improvement 95
2.7.1 Problems Existing with the River Banks to Be Improved 95 2.7.2 Objectives of This Component 95 2.7.3 General Ideas on River Bank Improvement 95 2.7.4 Scale and Activities of Beichuan River Bank Environmental Improvement
96 Totally 600 thousand m2 of the river bank area is planned to be improved
with activities including LID rainwater treatment and reuse system, site
leveling, greening and other ancillary facilities (for lighting, watering
for greening areas, footpath, sanitation, maintenance rooms and etc.). 96 2.7.5 Design of LID Rainwater System 96 2.7.6 Site Cleaning and Improvement along River Banks 100 2.7.7 Design of Site Greening 101 2.7.8 Other Ancillary Structures 103 2.8 Integrated Gully Improvement 106
2.8.1 Selection of Gullies to Be Improved 106 2.8.2 Improvement of Liujiagou and Shengou Gullies 110 2.8.3 Improvement of Chaoyangdianqu Canal 115 2.9 Land Acquisition and Resettlement 123
2.9.1 Standard for Compensation of Land Acquisition and Resettlement 123 2.9.2 Activities to Be Implement for Land Acquisition and Resettlement
125 2.10 Balance of Earth-Rock Quantities 131
2.11 Project Cost Estimates and Fund Raising 133
2.12 Project Schedule 133
3 Environmental Overview and Current Status 134
3.1 Overview of Natural Environment 134
3.1.1 Topography and Morphology 134 3.1.2 Palegeography and Strata 134 3.1.3 Hydrogeological Conditions 137 3.1.4 River System 139 3.1.5 Climatic Conditions 145 3.1.6 Soil 145 3.2 Social Environment 145
3.2.1 Administration Division and Population 145 3.2.2 Social and Economic Situations 147 3.2.3 Natural Resources 149 3.2.4 Science and Technology and Education 151 3.2.5 Historic Heritage 152 3.2.6 Road Transport 152 3.3 Current Environment Quality 153
3.3.1 Overview and Evaluation of Current Situation of Acoustic Environment
153 3.3.2 Overview and Evaluation of Ambient Air 159 3.3.3 Overview and Evaluation of Surface Water Environment 166 3.3.4 Overview and Current Situation of Groundwater Environment 177 3.4 Current Ecological Situation in Project Area 182
3.5 Current Land Utilization in the Project Area 185
4 Due Diligence on Linked Projects 191
4.1 Current Situation of Water Resources in Xining 191
4.1.1 Basic Situation of Water Resources 191 4.1.2 Current Situation of Water Resources Development and Utilization
192 4.1.3 Prediction of Water Supply and Demand 193 4.1.4 Alternative Sources for Water Resources 193 4.2 Current Situation of Water Pollution in Xining 195
4.3 Investigation on the Planned Project of Beichuan River (Core Area)
198
4.4 Current Status of Wastewater Drainage 202
4.5 Investigation on Wastewater Treatment Plant 208
4.6 Investigation on Treatment of Sludge from WWTP 211
4.7 Feasibility Analysis for Collecting and Sending Wastewater from
Beichuan Area to No. 3 WWTP 212
4.8 Feasibility Analysis for Collecting and Sending Wastewater from South
Bank of Xichuan River to No. 4 WWTP 212
4.9 Feasibility Analysis for Collecting and Sending Wastewater from Both
Banks of Xichuan River to No. 5 WWTP 213
4.10 Dependability Analysis of Reclaimed Water Recycling Works and Relevant
Works 214
4.11 Current Situation of Rainwater Drainage 216
4.12 Current Situation of Traffic Condition of Beichuan River Area 217
4.13 Current Status of River Bank Environment in Beichuan Area 218
4.14 Current Environmental Status of Gullies and Existing Problem 219
4.14.1 Current Status of Gullies 219 4.14.2 Main Problems Existing with the Gullies/Canal 221 4.15 Investigation on Yinjiagou Landfill 222
4.16 Investigation on Land Acquisition and Resettlement of Linked Projects
223
5. Analysis and Assessment of Impacts on Environment 224
5.1 Analysis and Assessment of Impact on Environment during Construction
226
5.1.1 Analysis of Impacts on Ambient Air Quality 226 5.1.2 Analysis of Impact on Water Environment 227 5.1.3 Analysis of Impact on Acoustic Environment 230 5.1.4 Impact Analysis of Solid Wastes 232 5.1.5 Impact Analysis of Ecological Environment 233 5.1.6 Analysis of Impact on Social Environment 236 5.1.7 Preservation of Cultural Relics 238 5.2 An