MINISTRY OF WATERS AND THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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MINISTRY OF WATERS AND

THE WORLD BANKENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION

• ROMANIA
• AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT
• WBTF 050327-RO
• MANURE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
• Stefan NICOLAU
• ME Specialist, PMU
• Torun (Przsysiek), Poland, September 17-20, 2002

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• Project Development Objective
• The overall project development objective is to
  increase significantly the use of
  environmentally-friendly agricultural practices
  in the project area and thereby reduce nutrient
  discharge from agricultural sources in Romania to
  the Danube River and Black Sea.

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• PROJECT FUNDS
• TOTAL US 10.80 mil.
• GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY US 5.10 mil.
• GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA US 5.70 mil.

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Project Components

• Component 1 Activities in the Calarasi Judet
• Manure Management Practices
• Promotion of Environment-friendly Agricultural
  Practices
• Integrated Management of Boianu-Sticleanu Polder
  and Ecological Restoration of part of the
  Calarasi-Raul Polder
• Soils and Water Quality Monitoring.
• Component 2 Strengthening National Policy and
  Regulatory Capacity
• Component 3 Public Awareness and Replication
  Strategy

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Nutrients Management

• Imported in the Project area Factory-made
  fertilizers
• Locally produced - Organic Fertilizers from
  manure.

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Total Livestock Number in the Project Area
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Number of Livestock at the Household Level
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Existing Manure Management Practices

• Livestock housing systems is rudimentary with
  accumulation of dung plus urine and effluent that
  is allowed to soak into the ground. Only few
  households have simple tanks for collecting
  effluent. Solid waste is generally dumped by the
  roadside or left in the water-courses.

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Concept of waste handling at the Household Level

• Locate the waste store close to the livestock
  housing.
• Avoid double handling of the waste before the
  store.
• Provide impermeable storage for the solid
  livestock waste.
• Stack the waste to reduce run off.
• Stack the waste to increase storage capacity.
• Provide catchment to effluent run off and urine.
• Direct all rainfall onto roofs away from waste.
• Provide facilities for the optional composting of
  waste within the storage areas.
• Provide sufficient storage period for over winter
  storage this should be a minimum of 1 month.

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The Subject of Communes ApplicationGrants on a
cost-sharing basis for the following package of
investments

• Construction of village-level solid waste manure
  facilities and small storage bunkers with
  effluent collection facilities at the household
  level, as well as supply of equipment for manure
  handling and spreading.
• Tree planting on the commune degraded land.
• Planting of shelterbelts/windbreaks, hedge rows,
  narrow vegetative barriers, filter strips and
  riparian buffers.
• Wellhead protection, demonstration program.
• Improvement of Communes pastures as well as the
  management of communal grazing land.

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Comunas Committment

• a) Availability of land meeting the following
  requirements
• The land is rightfully owned by the Comuna
  authority.
• The land is suitable for the proposed
  construction objective.
• The land is non-arable land.

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• b) Availability of equipment for manure handling
  and spreading
• Tractor
• Trailer
• Spreader
• Tanker
• c) The commune is ready to provide collection
  service for the households without transport
  facilities.
• d) The commune is committing to obey applicable
  environmental legislation on manure operation.
• e) The commune endorses the manure storage design
  proposed by the PPU and approved by the Calarasi
  County Council.

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• f) The commune obtained the permits and
  authorizations for construction as follows
• Land planning certificate (issued by the County
  Council).
• OCAOTA permit.
• Permit from the Centre for Preventive Medicine.
• ICLPUAT authorization.
• Water Management Company permit.
• Environmental Impact Assessment Study.
• Environmental authorization.
• Construction Permit.

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• g) The commune would provide the funds required
  and will be responsible for the OM of the manure
  storage, complying with applicable environmental
  legislation.
• h) The commune agrees to be the guarantee for the
  householders selected to receive support for the
  construction of the household bunkers and well
  head protection, that they will properly use the
  materials given by the Project for the agreed
  construction purposes.
• i) The commune is committed to participate in the
  tree planting program, providing the land and the
  labor for planting and maintaining the trees,
  according with the Project provisions.
• j) The commune is committed to work with the
  Project to increase the use of environment-friendl
  y agricultural practices among the farmers,
  facilitating the training activities and
  workshops organized by the Project for farmers.