Rogun Hydropower Project Assessment Studies Riparian Consultation and Information Sharing Key Issues of Participants Daryl Fields The World Bank Fourth Riparian Consultation and Information Sharing Session October 17/18/20, 2013
Participants Issues In consultations, riparians have emphasized the following issues: Water Management Dam Safety (incl. climate change) Environmental Economics Resettlement and Impacts Alternatives Social impacts (incl. climate change) TEAS and ESIA studies are addressing these issues, some in interim reports, some in the draft final report
Analysis of Participants Issues ISSUE PREVIOUSLY TODAY UNDERWAY • • Water Overview of Hydrology Reservoir operations • • management Hydrology report Flood management • • Vakhsh cascade simulations Impact on river flows • – Methodology and Sedimentation assumptions management • • • Dam safety Design criteria Geological and Management of extreme • Overview of geology, salt Geotechnical and construction floods • dome, dam site Investigation of the Seismic hazard estimates • Downstream right bank Salt Wedge in the investigation Dam Foundation and • Geology assessment Reservoir (Summary -- • Seismic hazard assessment Phase 0 of TEAS ToRs) • methodology Assessment of the Existing Rogun HPP Works (Summary -- Phase I of the TEAS ToRs) Draft Final Phase II TEAS Report Draft Final ESIA Report
Analysis of Participants Issues (cont’d) ISSUE PREVIOUSLY TODAY UNDERWAY • • Resettlement & Screening report Social audit • • Social impacts Cost comparison of Resettlement Action Plan • resettlement and Resettlement Policy infrastructure (across Framework various dam heights) • • Environmental Screening report Impact assessment • • impacts Overview of comparison Environmental (across various dam management plan heights) • Economics Economic and Financial analysis • Least Cost Generation Expansion Plan • • Alternatives Site layouts Environmental/Social • (dam height, Resettlement/Social/ comparison • generation capacity) Environmental Techno-Economic comparison comparison Draft Final Phase II TEAS Report Draft Final ESIA Report
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