E4584THE REPUBLIC OF GHANAMINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (MLGRD)SANITATION AND WATER PROJECT FOR THE GREATER ACCRA METROPOLITAN AREA (GAMA) REVISED DRAFT REPORT ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF)FOR SANITATION AND WATER PROJECT FOR GAMAPrepared By: Dyson T. Jumpahdyson.jumpahgmail.com7TH FLOOR, TRUST TOWERSFARRAR AVENUE, ADABRAKA ACCRA, GHANA.www.eemcgh.comDECEMBER 2012LIST OF ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMSARAPARICAbbreviated Resettlement Action PlanAudit Review Implementation CommitteeBODBiochemical Oxygen DemandBPBest PracticeDACFDistrict Assemblies Common FundDANIDADDFDanish International Development AgencyDistrict Development FundEAEIAEMPESOEPAESIAESMFESMPEnvironmental AssessmentEnvironmental Impact AssessmentEnvironmental Management PlanEnvironment and Social OfficerEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmental and Social Impact AssessmentEnvironmental and Social Management FrameworkEnvironmental and Social Management PlanGAMAGreater Accra Metropolitan AreaGoGGovernment of GhanaIGFInternally Generated FundsILGSInstitute of Local Government Studies L.I.Legislative InstrumentLGLocal GovernmentMDAMinistries, Departments and AgenciesMLGRDMMAMinistry of Local Government and Rural DevelopmentMetropolitan and Municipal AssembliesMMDAMetropolitan, Municipal and District AssembliesMOFEPMinistry of Finance and Economic PlanningMPCUNDAPMetropolitan/Municipal Planning and Development UnitNational Decentralisation Action PlanNEAPNGOOPPEFANational Environmental Action PlanNon Governmental OrganizationOperational PolicyPublic Expenditure and Financial AccountabilityPFMPublic Financial ManagementRAPRCCRPFSPEFAUDUResettlement Action PlanRegional Coordinating CouncilResettlement Policy FrameworkSocial Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability GroupsUrban Development Unit in MLGRDDRAFT ESMF of Water & Sanitation Project for GAMA, MLGRD, Ghana, December, 2012- 73 -Table of ContentsLIST OF ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMSIIEXECUTIVE SUMMARYVIII1.0INTRODUCTION- 1 -1.1Background- 1 -1.2Purpose and Study Objectives of ESMF- 3 -2.0OVERALL APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY FOR ESMF PREPARATION- 5 -2.1Approach- 5 -2.2Methodology- 6 -3.0DESCRIPTION OF WATER AND SANITATION PROJECT FOR GAMA- 7 -3.1Context And Objectives Of GAMA- 7 -3.2Project Components- 8 -3.2.1Component 1 Provision of Water and Sanitation Services- 8 -3.2.2Component 2 Improvement and Expansion of Water Distribution Network- 9 -3.2.3Component 3 Improvement and Expansion of Wastewater and Feacal Sludge Collection, Transportation and Treatment- 9 -3.2.4Component 4 - Institutional and Project Management Support- 9 -4.0RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS- 10 -4.1Consultations with MMAs- 10 -4.2Consultations ministries departments and agencies- 11 -5.0GAMA BASELINE PROFILE- 12 -5.1Background- 12 -5.2ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE- 12 -5.3physical characteristics- 13 -5.4geology and climate- 14 -5.5vegetation- 15 -5.6drainage- 17 -5.7air quality- 20 -5.8demography- 21 -6.0POLICY, LEGAL, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT- 24 -6.1National Environmental Requirements- 24 -6.1.1Ghanas Environmental Policy- 24 -6.1.2National Water Policy- 24 -6.1.3Environmental Sanitation Policy- 25 -6.1.4The Environmental Protection Agency Act- 26 -6.1.5EA Regulations and Procedures- 27 -6.1.6EA (Amendment) Regulations, 2002- 27 -6.1.7Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462)- 27 -6.2National Labour, Safety and Health Requirements- 28 -6.2.1Factories, Offices and Shops Act- 28 -6.2.2Occupational Safety and Health Policy of Ghana (Draft)- 28 -6.2.3National Workplace HIV/AIDS Policy- 28 -6.2.4Labour Act- 28 -6.3The Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA)- 28 -6.4The Poverty Reduction Strategy of Ghana- 29 -6.4.1GPRS I and II- 29 -6.5The World Bank Requirements- 29 -6.5.1The Banks Safeguard Policies- 29 -6.5.2Triggered Safeguard Policies- 32 -6.6Environmental Sanitation Policy- 32 -6.6.1Solid Waste Management- 32 -6.7International Conventions- 33 -6.8Institutional Framework- 33 -6.8.1Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology- 33 -6.8.2Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development- 34 -6.8.3Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing- 34 -6.8.4Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning- 35 -6.8.5Ministry of Roads and Highways- 35 -7.0POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF THE GAMA PROJECTS AND MITIGATION- 36 -7.1Positive Environmental And Social Impacts- 37 -7.1.1Maternal Mortality:- 38 -7.1.2Other Diseases:- 38 -7.1.3Environmental Sustainab