ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT IN CISADANE BASIN IN INDONESIA

Abstract

River valley development projects are taken up for a variety of purposes such as flood control, •irrigation, hydropower, navigation, water supply etc. These projects may have adverse and irriversible impacts on the environment. This ..dissertation work has been taken up to identify, . describe and quantit fit impacts of flood control project in Cisadane basin of JABOTABEK region of Indonesia on the basis of . presently available data and information. Flood control project in Cisadane basin consists of two parts (i) Parungbadak dam in upper reach of basin. (ii) River improvement work in the lower reach. The study specifically deals with (i) identification of environmental status in Cisadane basis, (ii) quantification of soil erossion in catchment of Parungbadak dam and control. A soil erosion, (iii) a simplified simulation exercise on EIA of Parungbadak dam and the alternatives, (iv) initial environmental examination (IEE) and formulation of procedure for detailed EIA of river improvement work in lower reach of Cisadane river, (v) formulation of procedure for analysis of impact on oustees of Parungbadak reservoir submergence area.