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D2-Hazard Prevention and Remediation Interventions

This activity will support the identification of a risk-based priority investment program for the Tisza River catchment area and the implementation of efficient and cost-effective hazard prevention and remediation measures in identified high-risk and high-priority hot spots in the Tisza Basin, aiming at improving the safety and management of tailing and waste facilities, thus reducing the risk for catastrophic release and the introduction of contaminants into surface waters contributing to the Tisza and Danube. This sub-component will accomplish “on-the-ground-fixes,” and about US$11.2 million will be devoted to physical interventions to reduce the high-risk of failure of tailings facilities, such as upgrading water management systems and water treatment plants, structural improvements and the upgrading of the geotechnical stability of retaining tailings dams and waste dumps, and improvements of accessibility and communication.

Prevention and remediation works. During the preparatory phase, two sites have been identified as high-risk and high-priority sites for which immediate and emergency remedial works are required during the first phase of project implementation: (i)tailings dams and waste facilities associated with the Rosia Poieni mine; and (ii)tailings dams facilities associated with the Baia Borsa mine.