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7.5.4 <strong>Impact</strong> Description and Significance: Summary<br />

Table 7.16 illustrates the summary of Project impacts on the soil on site. The<br />

summary takes into account impact magnitude, receptor sensitivity and the<br />

resulting impact significance pre and post mitigation.<br />

Table 7.16<br />

Summary of <strong>Impact</strong> Significance Pre-mitigation<br />

Phase <strong>Impact</strong> Significance (premitigation)<br />

Construction Removal of soils, increased erosion and Moderate Negative<br />

potential contamination<br />

Operation Compaction and increased erosion, potential Minor Negative<br />

contamination<br />

Decommissioning Disturbance to soil profile, increased erosion Minor Negative<br />

and potential contamination<br />

7.6 WATER RESOURCES<br />

<strong>Impact</strong>s on water resources during the construction, operation and<br />

decommissioning of the Project will arise from Project activities which may<br />

lead to the contamination of water resources from construction, operation and<br />

decommissioning activities as well as from the use of local water resources to<br />

provide water. The Project intends to obtain all the water required from a<br />

borehole that will be sunk on the Project site.<br />

7.6.1 <strong>Impact</strong> Description and Significance: Construction<br />

<strong>Impact</strong> Description<br />

The two main activities that may result in impacts on hydrology and<br />

hydrogeology are the:<br />

• Potential contamination of groundwater resulting from construction of<br />

borehole(s) and accidental spills resulting from drilling; and<br />

• Construction of boreholes to abstract groundwater; actual water use; and<br />

construction activities which may result in contamination of water<br />

resources.<br />

Site clearances and preparation activities, including the removal of soils and<br />

vegetation could result in increased surface water run-off and sedimentation<br />

of surface water bodies. The nearest surface water body (a moat) is located<br />

800 m from the boundary of the Project site which is fills up during the rainy<br />

season, and has the potential to impacted by increased sedimentation due to<br />

Project activities. In addition effluent generated from the site will be<br />

discharged into the moat in accordance with Nigerian, WHO and World Bank<br />

effluent discharge requirements.<br />

AZURA EDO IPP<br />

7-40<br />

DRAFT EIA REPORT

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