Community Carbon Safe Water Drinking Programme VPA10
GS-3266 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11245
#83of 202 in Industrial#5of 9 in Malawi#213of 426 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard water-purification project in Malawi with a VVB-confirmed additionality test and a recently reassessed project-specific baseline, but significant gaps in permanence safeguards (no buffer pool, reversal risk unaddressed) and a concerning 268% over-delivery relative to the pro-rata PDD expectation. Multiple data contradictions across documents, including a crediting-period discrepancy and a missing verified ERR figure, reduce confidence in the reported claims.
Red Flags
- Monitoring report claims 14,175 tCO2e for a 1-year period versus a pro-rata PDD expectation of ~5,295 tCO2e (268% over-delivery), raising over-crediting risk
- No buffer pool percentage stated and reversal events explicitly not addressed, leaving permanence risk unmitigated for a water-purification project where system failure would revert households to the baseline
- Crediting period contradicts between the verification report (2022–2027) and the validation report (2026–2030), creating uncertainty about the valid project timeline
- Total verified ERR is not found in any available document, preventing independent confirmation of claimed reductions
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,103 | 2,053 | 1,050 | |
| 2023 | 10,392 | 6,875 | 3,517 | |
| 2024 | 13,857 | 572 | 13,285 | |
| 2025 | 1,201 | 0 | 1,201 | |
| Total | 28,553 | 9,500 | 19,053 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
No buffer pool; reversal unaddressed
0% deduction, thin justification
Project-specific, reassessed 2025
FPIC, grievance mechanism, safeguards documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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