COMMUNITY CARBON SAFE WATER DRINKING PROGRAMME-VPA 20

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard safe-drinking-water energy-efficiency project in Uganda with VVB-confirmed additionality and a recently reassessed project-specific baseline. The project over-delivers relative to its ex-ante estimate (≈132% of pro-rata expectation), but the absence of a verified ERR figure, an open finding (FAR#01), a 0% leakage deduction with a contradictory earlier justification, and multiple data inconsistencies across documents temper confidence. Overall a moderate-quality project with identifiable gaps in verification completeness and data consistency.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Total ERR verified figure is not stated in any available document; only the claimed 57,270 tCO₂e (monitoring report, Dec 2025) is available, leaving the verification chain incomplete.
• ⚠FAR#01 (a finding raised during verification) remains open and unresolved as of the verification report dated 26 Dec 2025.
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% with a 'deemed negligible' justification in the 2025 verification report, while the 2022 validation report described leakage as 'quantified' — the basis for the zero deduction is not clearly documented.
• ⚠Crediting period is inconsistent across two verification reports (2021–2025 vs 2024–2028), creating ambiguity about the project's actual crediting window.

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