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Gazette Notice No. 3404 of 2025
National Environment Management Authority invites public comments on Central Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency's proposed Lake Nakuru biodiversity conservation water supply project.
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Whole issue, from Kenya Law. This notice starts on printed page 1188.
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Public comments 1
Link- Issuing authority
- National Environment Management Authority
- Proponent
- Central Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency
- Place
- Nakuru County, Nakuru city, Mereroni River Intake (Intake rehabilitation), mereroni river (Pipeline crossing), Baharini Wellfield (New boreholes and optimisation of existing boreholes), Kabatini wellfield (New boreholes and optimisation of existing boreholes), Nairobi Road (Optimisation of existing boreholes), Olbaniita (Optimisation of existing boreholes), Mereroni line (New water transmission system), Baharini line (New water transmission system), Kabatini line (New water transmission system), Mereroni Water Treatment Plant (Construction of new water reservoir), Lake Nakuru National Park (Bordering the project area), Menengai Forest South (Bordering the project area), Nakuru City County
- Plan
- LAKE NAKURU BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROJECT (WATER SUPPLY MEASURES)
- Body
- Water Resource Authority (Clearance for river training)
- Interested party
- WRUAs (Direct stakeholders to be engaged through provisions of the SEP)
- Report type
- Environmental Impact Assessment Study Report
- Project components
- rehabilitation of Mereroni River Intake (weir rehabilitation, upstream silt check dams, mereroni river pipeline crossing), Development of new boreholes( 6No.at Baharini Wellfield and 6No. at Kabatini wellfield),Optimisation of existing boreholes(Nairobi Road, Baharini, Kabatini and Olbaniita wellfields, New water transmission system(Mereroni line 14.66km, Baharini line 6.44km and Kabatini line 6.19km), Construction of new water reservoir(10,000m3 storage tank at Mereroni Water Treatment Plant), Rehabilitation of existing southern zone pipelines(9094km water supply pipes).
- Project area
- approximately 202.3km2
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Public comments 2
Link- Issuing authority
- National Environmental Management Authority
- Body
- Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty (The full report is available for inspection during working hours.)
- Inspection office
- Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty (The full report is available for inspection during working hours.), County Director of Environment, Nakuru County (The full report is available for inspection during working hours.)
- Comment recipient
- Director-General, National Environment Management Authority (Receives oral or written comments; the full report is available for inspection during working hours.)
- Place
- Nakuru County, Nairobi
- Comments
- 30 days, as printed
- Comment period start
- from the date of publication of this notice
- Comment method
- oral or written comments
- Comment purpose
- to assist the Authority in the decision making process for this project
- Report download
- www.nema.go.ke
- Comment email
- dgnema@nema.go.ke
- Inspection location a
- Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty, NHIF Building, 12th Floor, Ragati Road, Upper Hill, Upper Hill, P.O. Box 30126–00200, Nairobi
- Inspection location b
- Director-General, NEMA, Popo Road, off Mombasa Road, P.O. Box 67839–00200, Nairobi.
- Inspection location c
- County Director of Environment, Nakuru County.
- Inspection hours
- during working hours
Schedule 16 rows
| Impacts | Mitigation Measures |
|---|---|
| Disruption of river flow | • Obtain Clearance for river training from Water Resource Authority (WRA). • Ensure diversion channel that will carry the same flow as the normal channel to avoid local flooding. • Ensure to the extent possible the river diversion remains within the riverine zone • Control loose soil into the diversion channel to the extent possible |
| Social interactions | • Through provisions of the SEP, engage the direct stakeholders including WRUAs, immediate landowners and to agree on a mutual construction modality • Notify downstream river dependents on the works and possible short term effects on water quality. • Minimize the construction period to the extent possible |
| Occupational health and safety | • All workers be provided with PPEs and enforce application • Safety briefing for all workers before commencement of works and continuous, • Introduce and maintain site specific incident register for daily entries • Ensure site equipped “First Aid” kit • Identify nearest health facility for emergency access by the workers • Institute measures to keep general public away from the works • Post appropriate signage and information around the construction site and accesses for public awareness |
| Labour influx (very limited number of workers anticipated) | • Intrusion into the forest by unauthorized persons • Possible loos of forest resources from the forest – tree species, |
| Labour management | • Ensure compliance with established labour laws and safeguards • Provide equal opportunities on employments • Institute a Code of Conduct on among aspects Child Labour |
| Disruptions from borehole drilling works | • Prepare prior movement and operational plan for the equipment and vehicles movement ensuring minimal disruptions • Precautionary measures where disruptions inconveniences residents • Open surface drains as soon as they are affected |
| Drilling solid wastes | • Contain all forms of wastes on drilling site to await proposer disposal • Disposal of all drilling waste in approved sites – public waste dumping sites or other NEMA approved areas |
| Oil spills and grease | • Ensure oil/grease interception from the drilling equipment and contain for appropriate disposal • Solid engine waste materials be contained on side for safe disposal – engine filters and other parts |
| Noise and vibrations | • Notify the immediate residents and institutions on possible limited elevated noise levels, • Elevated noise levels (>45dBA by day) should be kept to the minimum and short periods, • Undertake a rapid assessment of structural status in the immediate buildings in case of vibrations • Proper service and maintain drilling machinery and vehicles • Provide PPEs to the workers – ear muffs and corks |
| Aerial emissions | • Maintain drilling equipment and vehicles at best operation conditions and minimal emissions |
| Ecosystem disturbance | • Minimize clearance of existing natural vegetation at the site • Restore whole or part of the disturbed areas through implementation of the rehabilitation Plan • Avoid encroachment into ecologically sensitive areas – applicable for the Wellfield |
| Water pollution | • Use water based drilling fluid • Case the well as it passes through the water table • Proper housekeeping within and around the rig will be observed before, during and after drilling, • Ensure proper clean up procedures will be undertaken in case of drilling fluid and oil spills |
| Shared resource | • Review records on the yields and status of the neighboring wells • Monitoring effects to the common aquifers through the wells development |
| Pipeline route clearance | • Implement the RAP and related recommendations as part of social management • Involve the PAPs • Confine vegetation removal to the defined wayleave only • Maintain a record of biomass removed for replacement purposes • Collaborate on biomass replacement (tree planting) in available land – forest or public areas (it will not be possible to plant trees on the pipeline way leave • Prepare of inventories of structures along the wayleave • Prepare inventories of PAPs along the wayleave • Restore or compensate livelihoods and structures as guided by the RAP Recommendations |
| Trenching and pipe laying disruption | • Ensure no soil/silt into open drainage channels along the wayleave • Unblock any affected drainage immediately after cutting • Open reasonable pipeline length with minimum completion cycle to minimize disruptions • Provide temporary crossings for residents accessing premises for services, supplies or homesteads • Provide signage and/or information including safety tapes along pipeline trenches • Ensure the minimal period possible for the trenching, pipelining, testing and covering • Return the land surface as was before |
| • Implement RAP recommendations (see above) for restoration of roadside livelihoods and structures • Restoration of drainage channels • Restoration of access passages |
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Kenya Gazette Notice No. 3404 of 2025, Vol. CXXVII No. 53, 14 March 2025, p. 1188.Permalink funua.com/notices/2025/3404/.
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Filed under: Planning, 2025 · March 2025 · Vol. CXXVII No. 53