Complaint > Third Power Project, Fourth Power Project, and proposed Bujagali Hydropower Project

Filing: 24-Request for Inspection (English)

...unknown. Hence no prior EIAs were done for the Old Owen falls dam. This is further compounded by the fact that todate no post-construction EIA has been done for the old Owen Falls Dam. The World Bank admitted at the July 17th–18th, 2001 public forum on the Bujagali Dam project (held in Washington DC) that there was no formal EIA for the Owen Falls Extension Project, which has received World Bank support. It appears that this project design was based on flawed assumption about the hydrology, whic...

Complaint > Third Power Project, Fourth Power Project, and proposed Bujagali Hydropower Project

Management Response: 24-Management Response (English)

...unknown. Hence no prior EIAs were done for the Old Owen Falls Dam. This is further compounded by the fact that to date no post-construction EIA has been done for the old Owen Falls Dam.” RESPONSE: 53. IDA conducted environmental and social analyses of Owen Falls Extension in 1990, consistent with the intent of OMS 2.36 on Environmental Aspects of Bank Work, May 1984. OD 4.00 (1989) was not applicable because the Power III Project was initiated in 1988. IDA subsequently conducted ...