Access to safe drinking water project in Senegal

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard safe drinking water project in Senegal with VVB-confirmed additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but undermined by a project-specific baseline, absence of a stated buffer pool, and numerous inter-document contradictions (particularly on leakage treatment, crediting period, and total ERR figures). The project delivered approximately 72.5% of the pro-rata annual expectation, indicating conservative crediting, yet four material findings and two corrective actions in the initial monitoring report raise questions about MRV rigour.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No buffer pool percentage stated in any available document, leaving permanence risk unquantified for a 5-year crediting period
• ⚠Nine inter-document contradictions identified, including a 6.9× discrepancy in total ERR (118,127 vs 814,690) and conflicting leakage treatments (5% quantified vs 0% deemed negligible)
• ⚠Crediting period in the PDD (2022–2037, 15 years) conflicts with the verification report (2023–2028, 5 years), suggesting possible project restructuring not fully documented
• ⚠Four material findings in the initial monitoring report, including incorrect fNRB calculation and misaligned SDG7 indicator, required corrective action

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.