Xining Flood and Watershed Management

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The development objective of the Xining Flood and Watershed Management Project for China is to improve the protection of property and safety of people from flood events and bring about sustainable utilization of land and water resources within Xining Municipality. There are six components to the project. The first component of the project is flood control and management. This component will include both structural and non-structural activities including dikes strengthening, access roads, cross dike structures, and water level control structures, an integrated flood warning system, and riverbank landscaping works. This component will also improve the level of flood protection in selected areas of Xining Municipality and in a comprehensive flood warning system. The second component of the project is wastewater collection. This component will support the construction of about 72.5 km of both wastewater and urban storm water collection pipelines to intercept an estimated 33 million tons of wastewater and storm water drainage, which at present flows freely to the river systems in the Municipality, to deliver to existing or proposed wastewater treatment facilities. The third component of the project is participatory watershed management. This component will involve three integrated sets of sub-activities to allow communities to respond to varying soil and water conservation, land use, socio-economic conditions in the 17 individual highest priority sub-watersheds within the municipality. The fourth component of the project is institutional strengthening and capacity building. This component will support construction of a flood warning center, provision of office equipment, consulting services, technical study and research, and training and study tours. The fifth component of the project is resettlement and environmental management. This component will support resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced persons in connection with the implementation of the project, and managing the adverse environmental impacts resulting from the implementation of the project through establishment and operation of environmental management offices, provision of consulting services, and carrying out monitoring and supervision. The six component of the project is project management. This component will support development and operation of a management information system and strengthening the capacity of Xining Municipality to carry out procurement, construction supervision, quality control, financial management, and monitoring and evaluation with respect to the project.