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Philippines
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LOAN: PHI 30308-02
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Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program Loan (Investment Loan)
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Location
Metro Manila
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Sector
Agriculture & Natural Resources /Environment & Biodiversity
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Initial Listing
24 January 1997
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Most Recent Update
11 December 2006
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Executing Agency(ies)
Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission
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- Missions
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| TA Fact-Finding |
Loan Fact-Finding |
Pre-Appraisal |
Appraisal |
| 5-14 Feb 1997 |
13 May 1998-21 Jan 1999 |
Jul 1999 |
6 Jul-10 Sep 1999 |
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Loan Approval Date
20 July 2000
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Estimated Completion Date
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- Cost and Financing Plan (in US$ million)
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| Source |
Foreign Cost |
Local Cost |
Total |
| Bank |
75.00 |
0.00 |
75.00 |
| Cofinancing |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Borrower |
0.00 |
75.00 |
75.00 |
| Beneficiaries |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Others |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Project/Program Cost |
75.00 |
75.00 |
150.00 |
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OCR |
ADF |
Total |
| Loan Amount |
75.00 |
0.00 |
75.00 |
- Description
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The overall objective for the Pasig River, its tributaries, and esteros, is to achieve a clean and green environment for the river basin by 2014. The aim is to restore water quality and create an urban environment for Metro Manila that makes it a clean, pleasant, and attractive place to live, work, and conduct business. This will be achieved through the adoption of a long-term policy reform agenda and implementation of the Pasig River Development Plan (PRDP) for the rehabilitation of the river system over a 15-year period from 1999-2014. The PRDP aims to achieve water quality Class C standard and encourage urban renewal in the Pasig River basin. Through the Project, the first five-year time slice of the PRDP will be implemented that will initiate water quality improvements and commence urban renewal and redevelopment along the riverbanks, leading to improvements in living conditions and public health standards for riverside communities.
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| Strategic Development Objectives |
- Primary
- Sound Management of Environment
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- Secondary
- Human Development
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- Rationale
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The Pasig River passes through the urban heart of Metro Manila and is a major waterway of national significance to the historic, social, cultural, and commercial heritage of the Philippines. As a result of population growth, urbanization, and industrial activities, the indiscriminate discharge of untreated municipal and industrial wastewater and solid waste exceeds the absorptive capacity of the river system, and the Pasig River has become seriously polluted. The riverbanks are characterized by low grade, blighted urban development, including extensive squatter settlements, depressed residential areas, and large tracts of derelict industrial land. To restore the environment and realize the full socioeconomic development potential of the Pasig River and the adjacent urban areas, it is necessary to rehabilitate the river system, restore water quality, limit and control wastewater discharges, and promote urban renewal along the riverbanks.
- Objectives and Scope
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The SDP objective is to promote policy reforms and physical improvements to enhance the water quality of the Pasig River, its tributaries, and esteros, to Class C standard by 2014. Class C standard river water is capable of sustaining aquatic life, is suitable for secondary contact sports, and after treatment, may be used for industrial processes. The SDP will promote the implementation of an integrated package of policy reforms and investments contained in the Pasig River Development Plan (PRDP). The components include measures to improve water quality, and actions to promote urban renewal and redevelopment along the riverbanks. These activities will bring about improvements in living conditions and public health standards for riverside communities. The components include measures to (i) establish and develop 10-meter (m) wide environmental preservation areas (EPAs) along the riverbanks, (ii) upgrade infrastructure and provide municipal services and facilities in urban renewal areas adjacent to EPAs, (iii) introduce a septic tank maintenance service and provide a septage treatment facility to reduce the volume of untreated municipal wastewater being discharged into the river, and (iv) eliminate the illegal dumping of municipal solid waste into the river system.
- Policy Dialogue
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The agreed policy framework includes (i) approving, adopting, and implementing the first phase of the PRDP from 2000-2004; (ii) providing sanitation services in addition to the targets set in the Metropolitan Manila Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) concession agreements; (iii) establishing for Metro Manila a wastewater discharge permit system with a progressive tariff structure; (iv) improving domestic solid waste management for riverside barangays; (v) establishing EPAs along the riverbanks and undertaking urban renewal in adjacent areas; (vi) reviewing, strengthening, and unifying the environmental regulations and discharge standards; (vii) strengthening the water quality monitoring and enforcement capability and capacity; (viii) enhancing public awareness of environmental issues; and (ix) strengthening the institutional capacity of agencies concerned with environmental management.
- Environment Category:
B
- Environment Impact and Mitigation
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The Project's negative environmental impacts are mostly short term and reversible, related to the construction activities in the development of the EPAs and basic infrastructure for urban renewal. The long-term environmental impacts of the Project are mostly positive in terms of reducing the organic load to the Pasig River and its tributaries, improving health of the residents near the river, and provision of more parks and green areas.
- Social Aspects and Remedies
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Restore the environment, improve living conditions, raise public health standards, and deliver essential infrastructure and basic municipal services for the riverside communities. Extensive consultations were undertaken with affected communities, including nongovernment organizations and community groups. The RAP has been published. In general, people are willing to relocate provided that there are employment opportunities and access to transport, education, and other social services. Through the SDP, it is proposed to give people an element of choice for relocation, including a range of in-city and near-to-town sites that will be developed with a full range of services and facilities. Actual relocation will be preceded by a period of community preparation, and assistance will be provided for livelihood skills training and job placement.
- Benefits and Beneficiaries
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Through the SDP, the living conditions of about 10,000 squatter families (about 55,000 people) living in dangerous conditions within EPAs will be improved by providing purpose-built and fully serviced accommodation at a variety of resettlement sites at in-city and near-to-town locations. A further 80,000 families (about 440,000 people) living in urban renewal areas will benefit from upgrading, including the provision of basic municipal services, essential infrastructure, and security of tenure. Pasig River water quality will be improved by reducing the discharge of polluted municipal and industrial wastewater to the river system, and reducing the amount of solid waste being dumped. About 185,000 households (1.0 million people) will directly benefit from the sanitation service. The entire population of Metro Manila (about 10 million people) will indirectly benefit from improved environmental conditions and a cleaner, greener, and healthier Pasig River basin.
- Public Consultation
- Arranged by Borrower, Bank and TA Consultants
- Date for Consultation : Consultations, workshops, and meetings conducted between Sep 97, May 98, Jun 98, Jul 98, May 99, Jul 99.
- Groups Consulted : Local government units, barangays, NGOs, and community groups, including CO-TRAIN; Sagip Pasig Movement; Just and Humane City Campaign/Urban Poor Colloquium; Minuyan Project Staging Area; San Agustin Community Civic Action Group, Inc.; CFSI; and Urban Poor Associates
- Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
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Beneficiary preference surveys, socioeconomic surveys, affordability assessments, consultations on design options for upgrading and relocation.
- Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
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The project has been designed to incorporate participation from NGOs and civil society in its implementation, as well as national and local government units. This includes participation of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission and its attendant technical working groups, as well as inclusion in the capacity building programs.
- Consulting Services
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About 156 person-months of consultant services including 54 person-months of international and 102 person-months of domestic consultants will be required in the fields of civil and municipal engineering, project management, institutional development, training and community development.
- Procurement
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Civil works for basic infrastructure, urban renewal, and relocation, and equipment for septage management.
- Contacts
- Bank
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Allen Williams
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Principal Urban Development Specialist
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RSAN
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- Executing Agency
- Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission
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Contact Person
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Ms. Bingle Gutierrez, Executive Director
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Tel. No.
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734-2102
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734-2217 / 734-2218
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- Remarks
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The SDP comprises a policy loan to support the policy reform agenda and investment loan to support the improvement of sanitation services and urban renewal. This profile relates to the investment loan for sanitation services and urban renewal.
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