The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Restructuring Stage Restructuring Stage | Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 31-Oct-2017| Report No: ISDSR23581 Regional Vice President: Hafez M. H. Ghanem Country Director: Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly Senior Global Practice Director: Guang Zhe Chen Practice Manager/Manager: Carmen Nonay Task Team Leader: Mouhamed Fadel Ndaw The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) 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 P145529 MA-Rural Water Supply Task Team Leader(s) Country Mouhamed Fadel Ndaw Morocco Approval Date Environmental Category 29-Apr-2014 Partial Assessment (B) Managing Unit Is this a Repeater project? GWA05 PROJECT FINANCING DATA (IN USD MILLION) Total Project Cost Total Financing 223,600,000.00 223,600,000.00 Financing Gap 0.00 OLD_FIN_DTL Financing Source Amount Counterpart Funding 65,000,000.00 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 158,600,000.00 Total 223,600,000.00 2. PROJECT INFORMATION The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) Current Project Development Objective The project development objective (PDO) is to provide access to safe and reliable drinking water supply for rural communities in targeted underserved areas in the Project area. . Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content, document is editable from here. 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. The project aims to: a. extend access to drinking water to more than 1.994 new douars (villages) and more than 1.000.000 inhabitants (in the provinces of Rhamna, Sidi Bennour, Safi, El Jadida, Tiznit, Nador and Driouch). b. increase the envelope and broaden access to the pre-financing mechanism for the deployment of individual connections (ICs) across ONEE's entire service area; c. to allow the reinforcement of the access network if necessary, in anticipation of the development of the IC; d. support with technical assistance the implementation of these new activities. Project Components: Component (a) Extension of access to water supply through standpipes in targeted, underserved provinces Component (b) Support the transition to water service delivery through ICs Component (c) Implementation Support and Capacity Building . 4. PROJECT LOCATION AND SALIENT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO THE SAFEGUARD ANALYSIS (IF KNOWN) Extension of access to water supply through standpipes under Project Component 1 will focus on three areas in the last most critically under-served regions of Morocco a. villages in the Northern provinces of Nador and Driouch b. villages in the Central provinces of Safi, Sidi Bennour, El-Jadida and Rehamna c. villages in the Southern provinces of Tiznit and Chtouka Ait Baha Component 2, aiming at supporting the shift towards water service delivery through house connections will focus on location which are not yet know, but will focus on the entire service area of ONEE where the Bank can provide support. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS SPECIALISTS ON THE TEAM Markus Friedrich Vorpahl, Social Safeguards Specialist Taoufiq Bennouna, Environmental Safeguards Specialist Khalid Anouar, Environmental Safeguards Specialist Mohamed Adnene Bezzaouia, Environmental Safeguards Specialist SAFEGUARD_TABLE 6. SAFEGUARD POLICIES TRIGGERED Safeguard Policies Triggered Explanation The project is classified as Category B, which is consistent with previous experience with similar projects. An environmental assessment (EA) has been submitted to the Bank for review. It covers for all activities planned under the proposed expanded scope of the Project and includes an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP). Necessary consultations were conducted in the additional areas, namely in province of Tiznit. Potential need Environmental Assessment (OP) (BP 4.01) Yes for water supply production augmentation under the project is being studied. If and when confirmed by ONEE, a dedicated EIA and ESMP, consistent with Bank requirements in terms of content and consultation, Bank review and publication would be carried out before any work can start. The EIS was updated following the triggering of OP 4.37. The current version of the EIA has been published on the ONEE website According to the information available and by reference to the protected areas master plan of Natural Habitats (OP) (BP 4.04) No Morocco, the project's intervention zones do not contain protected areas. Morocco developed and adopted in 1999 the National Forest Program (NFP) which defines the priority functions of the Moroccan forest and the actions to be undertaken to ensure them. The Forests (OP) (BP 4.36) No intervention areas of this project in rural areas will be in or around villages (douars) which are often well developed. Project activities do not concern forested areas or provincial woodlands of interest to the NFP. The Project will not fund the purchase or application of chemical pesticides. Project activities Pest Management (OP 4.09) No will therefore not lead to an increase in the use of chemical pesticides in the project areas. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) In accordance with the Moroccan regulations (the law 22-80 on the cultural heritage and law n ° 11- 03 relative to the protection and the development Physical Cultural Resources (OP) (BP 4.11) No of the environment (article 8)), all the facilities and infrastructures to realize through this project will have to be located outside archaeological sites and away from classified sites and monuments. On the basis of available information and data, Indigenous Peoples (OP) (BP 4.10) No there are no indigenous groups in the project areas. As a result, this policy does not apply to this project. While no involuntary resettlement is expected under the Project, there will be permanent and temporary limited land acquisition. The Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) was prepared and submitted by ONEE. It was reviewed and cleared by the Bank prior to appraisal. The RPF presents applicable rules and format for dedicated Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs), which will be prepared on the basis of land surveys and Involuntary Resettlement (OP) (BP 4.12) Yes information on affected people, once they are available. RAPs will be prepared in accordance with OP.4.12 policy requirements. RAPs will be submitted for safeguards review and will be disclosed as required by the Bank, before work can start. The submission of RAPs, acceptable to the Bank, for the two intervention areas where works are to start first are a conditions of effectiveness of the Loan. Since June 2016, when the IBRD II project closed, the Safi Water Treatment Plant has been transferred to the IBRD IV project. This plant is fed from the Massira dam whose waters are derived by the Imfout dam. In the framework of the BIRD IV project, the Tiznit treatment plant depends on the availability of water and the good functioning of the Youssef Ben Tachfine dam. In May 2015, a Bank team carried out a study on Safety of Dams (OP) (BP 4.37) Yes conformity of dam management in Morocco. The projects financed by the Bank in Morocco in the drinking water and irrigation sector were relying on the smooth running of fifteen dams (including Youssef Ben Tachefine, Massira and Imfout dams). The note produced by the Bank team was approved by the Bank's expert on dam safety issues, who acknowledged that the Moroccan government has established a framework for institutional security for dams under the supervision of the Ministry of The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Watershed Agencies and ONEE-Electricity Branch. In view of these elements, no further action is recommended under the ESMP for this project. Indeed, the roles, actions, programming, monitoring and reporting have been implemented by the Department of Water for several decades, the new law on the safety of dams (Law 10-37 of 2016) completes this approach. The initial EIA was updated accordingly to the triggering of this OP. This project will not affect international Projects on International Waterways (OP) No watercourses. As a result, this policy does not apply (BP 7.50) to this project. The intervention areas of the project are not in Projects in Disputed Areas (OP) (BP 7.60) No dispute; therefore, this policy does not apply to this Project. 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. Project environmental risks in these areas are deemed low and manageable for (i) construction nuisances, (ii) facility locations, (iii) availability and quality of water resources for potable water supply, (iv) treatment chemicals storage, and (v) residuals management. Potential need for water supply production augmentation under the project is being studied. If and when confirmed by ONEE, a dedicated EIA and EMP, consistent with Bank requirements in terms of content and consultation, Bank review and publication would be carried out before any work can start. In addition, no involuntary resettlement is expected to take place under the Project, but there is likely to be permanent and temporary limited land acquisition. These will be handled through a RPF, which was reviewed and cleared by the Bank prior to appraisal. The RPF presents applicable rules and format for dedicated RAPs, which will be prepared on the basis of the progress of land surveys. RAPs will be submitted to the Bank for its review and will be disclosed in country and in the Infoshop, in compliance with Bank requirements, before works can start. ONEE had committed to provide by Appraisal RAPs for the two intervention areas where the works will first start. However, land survey progress did not make this possible. The Bank therefore recommended that the client (i) prepare an enhanced RPF document for each of these two areas (Beddouza and Skhour Rehamna); (ii) undertake a meaningful consultation with potentially affected people in the two first intervention areas to present the project and potential for physical or economic resettlement, and document consultations in minutes in the enhanced RPFs. These documents were reviewed and cleared by the RSA and should be disclosed in country and on the World Bank’s Infoshop before appraisal can start. In addition the submission of RAPs for the two intervention areas was made a The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) condition of effectiveness of the Loan and an addendum to the Decision Review Meeting minutes was prepared to clarify Safeguards related aspects to be met prior to Appraisal. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area. No long term negative impacts have been identified as part of the Project preparation. Risks associated to the construction and operations phases are limited and manageable. Although the project will not fund any service extension through house connection, the pre-financing mechanism funded under the Project (component 2) will allow low-income households to access service through house connection. Consequently, the project team assessed the issue of the additional greywater discharges these house connections will generate, and the associated need for appropriate sanitation solutions, be it piped or on-site. The project makes a strict eligibility criterion that households benefiting from the pre-financing of HC service extension have a satisfactory sanitation solution, consistent with the Moroccan regulation and ONEE's proposed technical options, which were reviewed and deemed acceptable to the Bank. A description of the acceptable on-site sanitation options have been attached as an Annex to the Project EA. It will also be annexed to the Project Implementation Manual (PIM), which will also clarify the modalities for households and communes to implement, monitor and document that the improved sanitation solutions proposed are consistent with one of the satisfactory on-site sanitation solutions. 3. Describe any potential alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. Not relevant. 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. ONEE is considered as a strong capacity borrower with a long experience of Bank-financed projects. ONEE's past performance managing these risks is generally satisfactory. It has developed and successfully applied project ESMPs and LAFs, with the support of the Technical Assistance (TA) to carry out these tasks, i.e. monitor the implementation of the environment and social action plans and land acquisition, consistent with the provisions of the LAFs. With regard to greywater management, before engaging into HC-service extension in an area requesting HC-service extension, ONEE, with support of its implementation TA consultant, will carry out a comprehensive review of the level of satisfaction of the proper sanitation eligibility criteria, as defined in its existing technical guidance. This review will also encompass an environmental screening of the proposed area, to assess whether existing sanitation solutions are acceptable and whether local environmental and technical conditions allow satisfactory sanitation through on-site sanitation systems or require a piped network solution. This review will also raise awareness of the CRs of the need to actively support, in accordance with the CRs mandate, the development of acceptable sanitation solutions, and of the fact that it will be made explicit in the delegated management agreements signed between ONEE and the CRs for the deployment of household connection service that “a suitable household sanitation system should be in place, be it collective or individual, before a HC could be installed�. In addition, ONEE also has strict requirements in terms of the quality of the water supplied, at their production sites and through the network. As any major operator, it has labs to perform random quality measurements in accordance with regulations. The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) Construction work has begun mid 2017. Training of companies on EMP implementation has started and a training program covering the entire duration of the project is under development with the help of the technical assistance. The monitoring of the implementation of the EMP is based on the monitoring sheets filled by the construction companies with the support of Technical Assistance (TA) technicians. The ONEE environmental focal point (EFP) analyzes and summarizes the data sheets collected in the half-yearly monitoring report. The EFP also conduct unannounced visits to construction sites in view to verify the veracity of the information contained in the monitoring sheets. Environmental Safeguard Rating is Moderately satisfactory because the monitoring of activities transferred from BIRD II to BIRD IV is not integrated with the actual monitoring of BIRD IV. It is expected that next half-yearly monitoring report will present a synthesis of all these works. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanism for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Public consultations were organized in order to inform the beneficiary population and the different stakeholders concerned by the project's activities, to associate them to the assessment of the potential impacts of the project on environment and to allow them formulating comments and proposals. Public consultations took place in the provinces of El Jadida, Safi and Nador in 2009. Additional public consultations were organized in Skhour Rhamna on July 3, 2013 and February 21, 2014, and in Beddouza on February 14 and 20, 2014. Consultations in the remaining province of Tiznit was conducted on April 2016. . DISCLOSURE_TABLE B. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ENV_TABLE Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure 15-Nov-2013 23-Jan-2014 For Category ‘A’ projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors “In country� Disclosure Country Date of Disclosure Morocco 23-Jan-2014 Comments RESETTLE_TABLE Resettlement Action Plan/Framework Policy Process The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure 26-Nov-2013 28-Jan-2014 “In country� Disclosure Country Date of Disclosure Morocco 28-Jan-2014 Comments 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 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 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? Is economic displacement expected? (loss of assets or access to assets that leads 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? The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS MA-Rural Water Supply (P145529) Has an Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) been prepared and arrangements Yes been made for public awareness and training? 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 Task Team Leader(s) Mouhamed Fadel Ndaw Approved By Safeguards Advisor Practice Manager/Manager . Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content