Aqua Clara Safe Water Program
GS-3156 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11169
#153of 202 in Industrial#34of 42 in Kenya#367of 426 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Aqua Clara Safe Water Program in Kenya has VVB-confirmed additionality and documented safeguards, but is undermined by a critical usage-rate discrepancy (95% assumed vs 1% verified), a 0% leakage deduction with no justification, absence of a buffer pool, and a material overissuance finding of 1,729 tCO2e. Multiple contradictions across documents and low extraction confidence further erode confidence in the reported figures.
Red Flags
- Usage rate assumed at 95% in the validation report but verified at only 1% in the 2025 verification report — a 95-fold discrepancy that, if accurate, indicates massive over-crediting
- Overissuance of 1,729 tCO2e from previous monitoring periods identified and deducted from the current vintage (2025 verification report)
- Double counting risk with prior project GS-1078 identified; mitigated by halting sales and cross-checking filter IDs, but the overlap history raises concern
- Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the most recent (2025) verification report, despite the 2024 report having stated 'deemed negligible'
- No buffer pool percentage stated and reversal events explicitly 'not addressed' in the extracted record
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,015 | 11,955 | 60 | |
| 2023 | 21,431 | 21,422 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 24,687 | 7,608 | 17,079 | |
| 2025 | 3,456 | 0 | 3,456 | |
| Total | 61,589 | 40,985 | 20,604 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
No buffer pool; reversal not addressed
0% deduction, justification not addressed (2025)
Project-specific; reassessment timing not stated
FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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