The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Restructuring Stage Restructuring Stage | Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 08-Nov-2017| Report No: ISDSR23676 Regional Vice President: Makhtar Diop Country Director: Paul Noumba Um Senior Global Practice Director: Guang Zhe Chen Practice Manager/Manager: Catherine Signe Tovey Task Team Leader: Chloe Oliver Viola The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. . I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. BASIC PROJECT DATA Project ID Project Name P154861 Zimbabwe National Water Project Task Team Leader(s) Country Chloe Oliver Viola Zimbabwe Approval Date Environmental Category 29-Jan-2016 Partial Assessment (B) Managing Unit Is this a Repeater project? GWA01 PROJECT FINANCING DATA (IN USD MILLION) Total Project Cost Total Financing 20,000,000.00 20,000,000.00 Financing Gap 0.00 OLD_FIN_DTL Financing Source Amount Trust Funds 20,000,000.00 Total 20,000,000.00 2. PROJECT INFORMATION Current Project Development Objective The proposed project development objective is to improve access and efficiency in water services in selected growth centers and to strengthen planning and regulation capacity for the water and sanitation sector. . The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content, document is editable from here. 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Zimbabwe National Water Project has three components: 1. Growth Center Water and Sanitation Improvements—this component is financing investments in water supply and sanitation in (1) Guruve, (2) Lupane, and (3) Zimunya, and has planned investments in (4) Gutu, (5) Madziwa, (6) Mataga, (7) Nembudziya. 2. Technical Assistance to strengthen the capacity of the relevant national and local institution to ensure the sustainability of investments and improve overall planning, regulation, and reform of the sector in line with the National Water Policy. 3. Project Management to support a Project Implementation Unit set up by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority to implement the project. Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. . 4. PROJECT LOCATION AND SALIENT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO THE SAFEGUARD ANALYSIS (IF KNOWN) The sources of water for the seven schemes covered under the project vary from boreholes, rivers, and existing dams. The source rivers and dams are multi-purpose, combining domestic water supply, animal drinking, irrigation water, and environmental uses under a stakeholder-driven water allocation and management system of the sub-catchment councils. The exact footprint of the project is limited to existing transmission routes while the distribution networks are limited to the servitude areas provided in the development layouts. During project appraisal, physical inspections showed that the building lines were clear and no physical structures would obstruct installation. However, during implementation small infrastructure (private pit latrines and septic tanks) were found to occupy some of the right of way (ROW) for the distribution systems in Guruve. Eleven sanitation structures and one grey water drain were destroyed. An additional six pit latrines are located in the ROW, but will remain standing until replacement structures are provided. To avoid livelihood impact, the Implementation Team has ensured that the affected households are able to use sanitation facilities adjacent to homes until such time that replacement facilities are finalized. The impact has not and will not lead to relocation of any households. To direct project implementation in accorance with World Bank’s operational policy on resettlement, an abbreviated Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) was developed post-approval to guide the project team and avoid adverse impact in all project locations. A remedial RAP was prepared to guide mitigation of project impact for 19 affected households in Guruve. The land on which the project treatment plants and ancillary works will be located belongs to the RDCs and ZINWA. In two of the seven scheme-related RDCs (Gutu and Zimunya), the sanitation services are managed by ZINWA through stabilization ponds. In the other five RDCs, the sanitation The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) systems vary from septic tanks for institutional and low density areas to pit latrines in some high-density areas. The increased water supply in Gutu and Zimunya is likely to result in direct increase in effluent generated. In the case of Zimunya, the current stabilization ponds are underutilized and the expected increase in effluent generation is within the existing treatment system capacity; in Gutu the ponds will be de- sludged and have weeds removed to increase capacity. 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS SPECIALISTS ON THE TEAM M. Yaa Pokua Afriyie Oppong, Social Safeguards Specialist Majbritt Fiil-Flynn, Social Safeguards Specialist Mwansa Lukwesa, Environmental Safeguards Specialist SAFEGUARD_TABLE 6. SAFEGUARD POLICIES TRIGGERED Safeguard Policies Triggered Explanation The ZNWP is a category B project currently under implementation and involves the rehabilitation and expansion of existing rural water supply infrastructure that have posed low to moderate environmental and social risks/impacts. Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) where developed to meet both the Zimbabwe Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and World Bank requirements. The ESMPs were cleared by EMA and are included in the construction company's contract. The ESMPs were also cleared by the World Bank's Regional Safeguards Advisor, and disclosed on the World Environmental Assessment (OP) (BP 4.01) Yes Bank's external website. The project's environmental and social risks/impacts relate to (1) rehabilitation of excavated areas, (2) soil erosion and siltation, (3) potable water quality, (4) contamination of water from waste water and septic tanks, and (5) encroachment of septic tanks and latrines on water lines in Guruve. The implementing agency, ZINWA, has a dedicated safeguards specialist that oversees the contractors and is responsible for managing the social and environmental risks and impacts. Performance Standards for Private Sector No Activities OP/BP 4.03 The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) This policy was triggered as raw water in the project areas is abstracted from rivers and dam that constitute natural habitats for aquatic life. The project’s impact on natural habitats was assessed as part of ESMP preparation for each subproject. In all project areas, the water transmission pipelines will not disturb any sensitive ecosystems like wetlands and marshes. The transmission mains will Natural Habitats (OP) (BP 4.04) Yes follow planned alignments, some of which traverse areas of natural vegetation although most would follow existing pipeline routes and road rights-of- way. In all project areas, the expected impacts on natural habitat are considered to be minimal. The water abstraction systems will prevent fish entrainment through the use of fine mesh wire at the inlet pipes. The policy on forests was not triggered as the developments under construction works have not Forests (OP) (BP 4.36) No resulted in loss of forests. Vegetation loss on the project has been minimal around the project footprint. The policy on pest management was not triggered as the project does not involve the direct or indirect Pest Management (OP 4.09) No use of pesticides. There will be periodic manual (non-chemical) removal of aquatic weeks from around water intake areas. Consultation with traditional leaders and the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe confirmed during appraisal that there are no known physical cultural resources within the project areas. The project areas are known and show that they have already been affected by earlier development activities, such that any physical cultural resources Physical Cultural Resources (OP) (BP 4.11) No would likely have been observed and reported earlier. Arrangements for close liaison with the traditional leaders, the Zimbabwe Republic Police, District Administrator, National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe and the RDCs Chief Executives have been made for smooth management of chance finds procedures and implementation of the ESMPs. There are no people within the project area who Indigenous Peoples (OP) (BP 4.10) No meet the Indigenous Peoples criteria of OP 4.10. Rehabilitation and expansion of water treatment works will be on existing ZINWA and RDC Involuntary Resettlement (OP) (BP 4.12) Yes landholdings. Some of the targeted areas are new developments that are being developed and not yet The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) inhabited. However, there is minor encroachment in some of the rights-of-way in Guruve for the water distribution lines by sanitation facilities. The local council approved these facilities as temporary facilities in the absence of RDC provision of water borne sanitation. An abbreviated RPF has been prepared to guide implementation in all locations, and a remedial RAP will guide mitigation of impacts in Guruve. The policy is triggered because some of the water supply schemes (Mataga, Lupane, Gutu, and Safety of Dams (OP) (BP 4.37) Yes Zimunya) predominantly use existing dams as sources of water supply. Dam safety inspections for the above dams were carried out and approved. The shared international watercourses applicable to Zimbabwe and its neighbors are the: (a) Zambezi River, (b) Limpopo River, (c) Save River, (d) Mazowe River, and Pungwe River. The raw water sources for the seven water supply schemes under the project are not directly from an international waterway, nor are they directly from a tributary to an international waterways. The raw water sources are from internal river systems, dams, and underground sources that are indirectly and distantly connected to the international waterways through a minimum of three other larger tributaries, and a minimum of one hundred kilometers from the international waterways. This remote relationship between the targeted water source and the potentially affected international Projects on International Waterways (OP) Yes waterways, together with the scope of the (BP 7.50) abstraction volumes give adequate room for natural volumetric recharge; making the impact of intended raw water abstraction truly negligible compared to the remaining flow downstream. As an example, the Zimunya water supply scheme would abstract 0.05 megaliters per day from Zimunya Dam (912 mega liters capacity) on Mpudzi River which, in turn, discharges into Odzi River which eventually discharges into Save River (an international waterway). The dam capacity is almost 20,000 times the daily abstraction rate, making the abstraction negligible in comparison with the source. The Mpudzi river flows are small when compared with what is discharged into the Odzi and Save Rivers by other downstream The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) tributaries (Nyazvidzi, Tanganda, Devure and Nyanyadzi just to mention a few) to these two rivers. The water supply station is more than 200 kilometers away from the nearest border point between Zimbabwe and Mozambique along the Save River. The above situation of negligible impact on downstream flows is reflected in all the subproject areas. Zimbabwe is a signatory to the SADC Protocol on Shared Water Courses. Article 4 of the Protocol requires notification of the riparian states whenever the member state is implementing a planned activity that has significant negative effect on the water course member states. The requirement hinges on the “significance� of the impact of the proposed activity. In this project, the anticipated negative impact on the quantity or quality of any international water course is expected to be insignificant. ZINWA has in place mechanisms to measure or estimate the impact of the project in terms of flows while the Environmental Management Agency has mechanism in place to measure the pollution impacts of the proposed project on international waterways. These two organizations, together with the Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate, are part of the institutional arrangement under the SADC Protocol to ensure adequate monitoring and reporting of impacts of individual riparian states’ activities on international waterways. The institutional arrangement includes the ZAMCOM for Zambezi River, LIMCOM for Limpopo River and the Save River Management Strategy. This institutional arrangement is consistent with the requirements of OP 7.50 Paragraph 3 on Arrangements. During appraisal, and following consultation with the MEWC, review of the project scope, and review of the SADC protocol on shared water courses in relation to the requirements of OP 7.50, it was concluded that an exception to riparian notification would be sought--while OP 7.50 is triggered, the project falls under the exception to the riparian notification set out in Paragraph 7(a) of the Policy. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) The exception was approved by the Regional Vice President on October 13, 2015. Projects in Disputed Areas (OP) (BP 7.60) No The project is not located in a disputed area. KEY_POLICY_TABLE II. KEY SAFEGUARD POLICY ISSUES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT A. SUMMARY OF KEY SAFEGUARD ISSUES 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the Restructured project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts. There are no large scale, significant, or irreversible negative impacts accompanying this project, owing to its small scale and rehabilitation focus. The project is being implemented on existing water supply and treatment schemes. Safeguards have been rated Satisfactory over the life of the Project, except for the resettlement issues identified (and the subject of this first restructuring). The environmental risks/impacts identified at the project sites relate to siltation, rehabilitation of excavated areas after completion of works, reported high fluoride levels in boreholes around Nembuziya (independent laboratory tests however found the fluoride levels to be at acceptable levels), the presence of water hyacinth at the raw water abstraction point around Guruve, and the management of river bank cultivation. These risks/impacts are being managed satisfactorily by the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and the Project Implementation Teams (PITs). While physical inspections of the seven project areas at appraisal confirmed that there would be no involuntary resettlement, project areas have subsequently been further developed and the Guruve RDC approved temporary, small sanitation structures erected in the right of way on two project sites in Guruve following project appraisal. OP 4.12 was therefore triggered. An RPF was prepared to guide PITs in all project areas and an abbreviated RAP to guide mitigation for households impacted by project activities in Guruve. The resettlement impact is limited to sanitation facilities in 19 households and will be mitigated through providing upgraded facilities as specified in the RAP and subject to the affected households' acceptance. All affected households are also project beneficiaries and will be connected to piped water services. The works required under the RAP are under contract with the contractor already on site in Guruve and the remedial work is expected to be completed by 31 May 2018. There are tremendous positive impacts in the form of improved water supply for a combined population of more than 50,000 people across the seven project areas. These positive impacts will especially be felt by the women and girls who usually have the responsibility for fetching water, sometimes over long distances. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area. The increase in the water supply has a direct relationship with increase in wastewater. Indirectly, the proposed project will increase the potential for water pollution from sewage. The project has carried out a sanitation needs assessment for the local authorities; it is anticipated that the sanitation needs arising from the increased water supply will be assessed and plans to address them will be made. The results of the sanitation assessment were disseminated during a workshop, and a further workshop is being planned for May 2018. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) Trench digging for pipeline installation has potential for erosion in the absence of adequate rehabilitation, and the ESMPs provide for adequate rehabilitation through specific requirements for civil works contractors to follow. 3. Describe any potential alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. In accordance with the recommendations of Zimbabwe’s Environmental Management Agency (EMA), the project’s water treatment plants will discharge their effluent indirectly, through irrigation of crops, or discharged onto grassy lawns. If encroachment in the right-of-way or any other project location is identified during the screening process, the project team and/or contractor will first seek to avoid. If avoidance is not acceptable, ZINWA will, following consultation with the potentially affected households, prepare resettlement action plans for remedial works or compensation. 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. Measures to address safeguards issues include the following: ZINWA formulated an ESMP for each of the seven project areas. The ESMPs were reviewed and cleared by both the Zimbabwe Environment Management Agency (EMA) and the World Bank Safeguards Advisor. The ESMPs covered all applicable World Bank Safeguard Policies. ZINWA has conducted dam safety inspections on all project-related dams (Lupane, Zimunya, Mataga and Nembudziya). These dam safety reports were submitted to the World Bank. ZINWA has put in place a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) that includes several safeguards expert personnel at head office level. There is a Project Implementation Team (PIT) at each of the seven catchment offices responsible for the day to day running of the project on the ground. OP4.12 was triggered retroactively for the project and at the time there was little experience with resettlement activities and Bank requirements. However, ZINWA subsequently transferred experienced staff to the PIU who have worked diligently and in a participatory manner with the affected households. The PIU was trained to screen and supervise the implementation of the RPF in all project locations and has received ongoing guidance on the RAP from the World Bank to be fully capable of overseeing all matters related to resettlement. The PIU subsequently screened all project locations for impact and guided impact avoidance to the satisfaction of the World Bank team. The PIU has also successfully trained the PITs to identify and avoid resettlement impact. A citizen engagement strategy and a gender strategy are under preparation to further improve management of social risk and impact. The personnel at both the head office and the catchment offices are qualified, with a minimum bachelor of Science degree in natural sciences. The headquarters personnel all have a minimum of 5 years in water quality management and participate in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) for ZINWA projects. These personnel are also involved in the review of other developers’ ESIAs through ZINWA stake holding to the Environment Management Agency (EMA) ESIA processes. The project team is satisfied that ZINWA has capacity to plan, implement and monitor the safeguards issues pertaining to the project. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanism for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Stakeholder listing and consultation was conducted extensively with the approval of the regulatory authority (EMA). The stakeholder listing included clusters of government departments, local leadership, local RDCs, NGOs where applicable, womens groups and targeted beneficiaries. Each of these clusters participated in the formulation of the respective ESMPs and will be continually involved in the monitoring process for the ESMP implementation. Following the completion of each safeguards instrument, they were distributed to each catchment office, EMA, District The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) Administrator and the RDC. Meetings were held with the local communities and beneficiaries as part of disclosing the environmental safeguards documents. There will be ongoing consultation with water users to avoid resettlement impact and provide for efficient allocation during water shortage periods. Separate consultations related to the resettlement impact in Guruve and implementation of the RAP are ongoing and will continue until the RAP is fully implemented. Key stakeholders were consulted during project preparation and will continue to be part of the citizen engagement agenda, throughout the project's life cycle. Arrangements for continuing stakeholders engagement have been put in place as part of the responsibility of the respective Project Implementation Teams (PITs). DISCLOSURE_TABLE B. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ENV_TABLE Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure 30-Sep-2015 02-Oct-2015 For Category ‘A’ projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors “In country� Disclosure RESETTLE_TA BLE Resettlement Action Plan/Framework Policy Process Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure 12-Jan-2018 20-Mar-2018 “In country� Disclosure Country Date of Disclosure Zimbabwe 15-Mar-2018 Comments The Resettlement Policy Framework has been disclosed in all project locations. The Resettlement Action Plan was disclosed in Guruve with a Stakeholder Meeting. COMPLIANCE_TABLE C. COMPLIANCE MONITORING INDICATORS AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL EA_TABLE OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report? Yes The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Practice Manager (PM) review Yes and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the credit/loan? Yes NH_TABLE OP/BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats Would the project result in any significant conversion or degradation of critical No natural habitats? If the project would result in significant conversion or degradation of other (non- critical) natural habitats, does the project include mitigation measures NA acceptable to the Bank? IR_TABLE OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/process framework Yes (as appropriate) been prepared? If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Practice Manager Yes review the plan? Is physical displacement/relocation expected? No Is economic displacement expected? (loss of assets or access to assets that leads No to loss of income sources or other means of livelihoods) SD_TABLE OP/BP 4.37 - Safety of Dams Have dam safety plans been prepared? Yes Have the TORs as well as composition for the independent Panel of Experts (POE) Yes been reviewed and approved by the Bank? Has an Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) been prepared and arrangements Yes been made for public awareness and training? PIW_TABLE OP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways Have the other riparians been notified of the project? No If the project falls under one of the exceptions to the notification requirement, has this been cleared with the Legal Department, and the memo to the RVP Yes prepared and sent? The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Zimbabwe National Water Project (P154861) Has the RVP approved such an exception? Yes PDI_TABLE The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank for Yes disclosure? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups Yes and local NGOs? ALL_TABLE All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been Yes prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project Yes cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring Yes of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower Yes and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Chloe Oliver Viola Task Team Leader(s) Christiaan Heymans Approved By Safeguards Advisor Nathalie S. Munzberg 25-Apr-2018 Practice Manager/Manager Catherine Signe Tovey 07-May-2018 . 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