Environmental Impact Assessment of four Clay Material Borrow Sites to be used for Dam Construction in Cyprus. Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus.
Environmental Impact Assessment of four Clay Material Borrow Sites to be used for Dam Construction in Cyprus
The project refers to the Environmental Impact Assessment of four clay material borrow sites at Kousoulia –Flasou (170.000 m3 of clay) and Mantres at Kato Koutrafas (100.000 m3) to be used for the construction of the Solea Dam in Cyprus.
Client: Water Development Department Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Cyprus
Region: Cyprus
Type: Environmental Impact Assessment
Duration: 06/2010 – 04/2011
Other Partners: –
The main objectives of the project were:
- Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of positive and negative environmental impacts of excavation of borrow areas
- Compatibility of the planned quarrying with existing or planned uses
- Cause of difficulty to the inhabitants or other users of the area and to their health and safety
- Impacts to the use or development and value of the land
- Atmospheric pollution including dust
- Impacts to natural runoff and drainage, soil, floods etc.
- Sources and level of noise, dust and vibration due to the works
- Impact to fauna and flora, ecosystems and wild life
- Proposed methodology for the reclamation of the area to its initial condition before the exploitation
The tasks that were successfully completed were:
- Description of the works to be undertaken (area, required extent of land, main works and quantities to be excavated, consumption of natural resources and energy, human resource needs , reclamation of landscape)
- Production, processing and disposal of wastes (liquid and solid wastes, noise, vibrations, aerial emissions,)
- Description of natural environment of the area (topography, geology, hydrology/hydrogeology, seismicity, soils, meteorology, flora and fauna)
- Description of the socioeconomic conditions of the area (population, economic activities, town planning, land use)
- Evaluation of environmental impacts
- Proposal of mitigation measures for the environment (water resources, noise and vibrations, quality of the atmosphere, creation of wastes, aesthetics, biotic environment, social and town planning conditions, safety issues – traffic)
- Monitoring and control program
- Views of local communities (Flasou, K. Koutrafa)
