Environmental and Social Management Matrix

Table 6-1: A summary of the ESMP during the construction, operation and maintenance of the project Potential

Impact Mitigation measures Responsibilities Phase Indicator Cost (USD)

Socio-Economic Impacts at the construction phase

Occupational health and safety policy

• -Ensure there is compliance with various health and safety regulations

• -Carry out regular risk assessments of the workplace

• -Establish a standard code of practice for the project workers including drivers and suppliers to promote the safety of the public during the construction activities

• -Install fully equipped first Aid Kits at strategic points at the working areas

• Ensure there are adequate sanitation facilities to be installed on sites

• Warning signs/bumps to be erected and/or placed at risky points - There should be insurance covers for the workers under the workman’s compensation Act

• -Provide adequate emergency procedures for the facility staff;

• Arrange regular emergency drills for staff

• -Install at strategic points enough firefighting equipment

-Contractor At construction phase social evils such as HIV/AIDS and other STDs

• -Organizing community sensitization drives on the prevention and management of the

Potential

Impact Mitigation measures Responsibilities Phase Indicator Cost (USD)

• -Liaising with the local NGOs and CBOs for facilities should be enhanced

awareness campaigns Number of VCT centres

Environmental Impacts at the construction phase

Water and soil

contaminatio n

• -Keeping all equipment and machinery free from mud

• -having workable standard operating procedures while working along with water resources

• -Adhere to waste discharge regulations

• -Compaction of loose material/soils

• -All repairs and maintenance work should be done at the contractors

-Contractor

• Clearing of indigenous trees should be avoided as much as is practically possible

• Limit bush clearing to only pipeline route where possible

• Construction within sensitive habitats should be avoided at all costs

• -Wetlands should be buffered by a minimum of 50 meters

• -Construction zone should be clearly indicated to prevent off site damage

• Modifications of canal routes should be preceded by an ecological survey

• There should be intensive tree planting

• Setting aside woodlands

-Contractor

Construction Waste

• -The wastes produced should either be reduced reused or recycled

• -there should be provision of adequate littering facilities

• -Waste disposal sites should be located away from the water sources to prevent the possibility of potential run off into the water system -Burning of chemical or hazardous wastes should not be done on site -There should be adequate awareness raising on proper solid waste handling and disposal

• -Proper containment and disposal of solid waste at all project phases

Contractor During machineries should be on designated locations where potential pollution is unlikely such as on concrete platforms

• There should be regular maintenance of machineries to ensure they are in good working conditions and are free from leaks

• There should be fast oil spill containment and clean-up of equipment at the requisite places

• There should be adequate operator training to adopt measures that are preventive in use of

• -Provide dust masks to workers

• -Sprinkle water on the soil during excavation and land filling;

• -Control speed of working machinery

• Avoid unnecessary engine gunning/revving

• Service construction vehicles/equipment as per manufacturers specifications

• Minimize engine idling time when not in use

-Contractor During

Water Use conflicts

• -Avail drinking points for the livestock along the canal or build the water pans along the canal

• -Fencing off the farms to prevent animals’

entry into the farms -regular communal discussions and dialogue should be facilitated to bring about mutual agreements between various land users -Other modes of grazing could be encouraged such as zero-grazing as it is less pasture demanding

• -Fodder production can be done on irrigated land to reduce the pressure on the pastoral

Size of land under fodder production

Number of water troughs installed

• Abate noise by sensitizing drivers in the project -Use manual labour as much as possible.

• -Restriction of activities to daytime

• Workers within the vicinity of high-level noise to be provided with adequate PPE.

• -No idling of vehicles and machinery if not in use, they should be switched off.

• -Control speed and noise of construction machinery;

• -Insulate noisy machines and activities during construction to minimize noise impact to neighbouring communities

• -Unnecessary hooting is to be avoided as much as possible

-Contractor -Workers

At construction -Number of cases handled

Socio-Economic Impacts at the Operation Phase

Interference with the Movements Paths

• Bridges should be constructed to facilitate animals’ access to water points and also the peoples’ movement during and after canal excavation. The bridges should be put up in such a way that every livestock corridor has a bridge.

• There should be boundary setting for livestock grazing land and agricultural land

Local

Area provided for access roads workers and should be worn all the time.

• There should be adequate provision of the requisite sanitation facilities for human waste disposal

Number of PPE trainings undertaken

Number of warning signs installed control the presence of mosquitoes

• -Mosquito nets should be adequately supplied and at subsidized prices -the groundwater abstracted for domestic use should be boiled or be treated

Irrigation facilities in the locality Number of cases of water borne diseases Number of sensitizations carried out

200

Environmental Impacts at the Operation Phase

Water Quality Degradation

• The farmers should work with the local Agricultural Officers so that they can be trained on the safe use of agrochemicals to ensure that they apply the right amounts, and prevent pollution water sources.

• The right amounts of fertilizer application should be used to prevent potential for excess quantities getting washed into the surface waters and from infiltrating into the groundwater resources

• Waste management should be adequately streamlined to prevent the release of effluents into the environment

WRA Operation and and should be as is recommended by the SCAO,

• The promotion of organic manure in place of fertilizers should be intensified

• Project to incorporate a component on irrigation water management training, coupled with installation of water use control and regulation meters to curtail over-irrigation

• Control of the amount of water abstracted from the river through appropriate design of the intake to include facilities for regulating canal discharge

• Installation of appropriate drainage channels to drain any excess water from the farms and to carry away excess agro-chemicals

• There should be adequate and frequent monitoring of soil salinity through

Farmers Operation and

maintenance

Soil PH Nitrates level

Number of de-siltations Quantity of fertilizers used

1000

analysis of soil carried out before project implementation and with every annual audit

• Afforestation and vegetation growth should be encouraged especially along the river banks

• The intakes and canals should be desilted

• The maintenance and operation of the irrigation infrastructure should be maintained regularly to ensure that localized irrigation does not occur

• Cultivation limits to the river systems should be identified and adhered to strictly.

• % Use of Fertilizer, Pesticides & Training in Agrochemical usage

Increased waste generation

-Proper identification of all waste streams thus management to involve reduce, re-use and recycle.

• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be adopted for working in and near water to avoid water pollution from liquid waste

Project Proponent Farmers

During operation Quantity of agricultural waste (agrochemical containers)

Number of waste streams

200

6.4.2 Environmental and Social Monitoring Matrix