Arend Kolhoff
Technical sectretary
The NCEA advised on Terms of Reference (ToR) for an EIA for water supply, sanitation and wastewater disposal projects in Shabwah province. Its advice was not fully adopted. As appeared in the NCEA's review of the resulting EIA report, this led to important shortcomings in the EIA that adversely affected the selection and development of project proposals.
Significant details
Main findings of the review: the EIS is incomplete and the information is insufficient for well informed decision making. For the development of the alternatives no use is made of the sustainability concept and an integrated area-specific approach. This resulted in two project proposals which do not offer sustainable solutions for the existing problems. In the advisory review recommendations of new projects have been presented.