Environmental and social impact assessment
ESIA, EIA and initial environmental examinations, from scoping to state expertise.
Mastara reservoir ESIA
ESIA for a new reservoir on the Selav Mastara River that would supply gravity irrigation and cut groundwater abstraction from the Ararat valley basin.
The assignment
Armenia received a grant from the Europe and Central Asia Region Capacity Development Multi-Donor Trust Fund, governed by the World Bank, to prepare the feasibility study, preliminary design and ESIA for Mastara reservoir. The reservoir is planned in the bed of the Selav Mastara River, 4 km north of the Armavir canal.
The reservoir would supply gravity irrigation to communities downstream of the Armavir canal from its 27th km, stop the operation of deep wells and reduce annual water intake from the Ararat valley underground basin by about 3.3 million m³.
What we did
- Description of the project, natural resources required, emissions, waste and emergency risks
- Analysis of alternatives, including the zero option
- Assessment of economic harm to the environment and compensation
- Environmental and social impact, risk and benefit assessment
- Environmental management plan and monitoring programme
Services used
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