GS11638 GS11640 RVPA-4 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS in Uganda by AERA- VPA 14

Audit Analysis

The SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Uganda is a Gold Standard energy-efficiency project with VVB-verified additionality and a reasonable 5% leakage deduction, but it relies on a project-specific baseline, lacks a stated buffer pool, and shows a notable contradiction between the verification report and monitoring report on how leakage was treated. The project delivered roughly 216% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the first monitoring year, suggesting a conservative baseline, though the verified ERR figure was not found in the extracted record.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage justification is described as 'not addressed' in the verification report (Aug 2025) but 'quantified' in the monitoring report (Sep 2025) — the VVB's own report does not confirm the 5% deduction
• ⚠Total ERR verified figure is not found in the extracted record; only the claimed figure (71,034 tCO₂e) from the monitoring report is available
• ⚠Usage monitoring method is contradictory: the verification report states 'annual survey' while the monitoring report states 'self-report'
• ⚠Three corrective actions remain open, including the requirement to obtain an expert-calculated fNRB before the first performance review

Credit Vintages