Storm and Sanitary Drainage of the Guajimía Canal Phase II Project – Update of the ESIA and RAP : ESIA final version, volume 1

Abstract

The municipality of Santo Domingo Oeste is located in the capital of the Dominican Republic, where garbage is thrown into local streams and rivers, which are also used as open sewers. In 2003, the Dominican Republic Congress unanimously approved the Guajimía Project to solve the flood and sanitation problems in the canals of the Guajimía Watershed. The Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation (CAASD) is the governmental authority that managed the Guajimía Project. After successfully completing the first phase, the CAASD initiated a second phase in 2005. With new investments, the CAASD relaunched the second phase of the Storm and Sanitary Drainage of the Guajimía Canal and signed an agreement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC). The latter requested AECOM’s services to update and improve the previous ESIA. Finally, AECOM involved the Dominican firm EMPACA as a subconsultant. This report presents the update on the project.