GS1247 VPA 136 Zoba Maekel Community Boreholes

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard community borehole project in Eritrea with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but undermined by the absence of a buffer pool, a 0% leakage deduction contradicted by the PDD's 5% figure, a 14% fNRB discrepancy between documents, and a long list of open corrective actions including double-counting and monitoring-compliance issues. The verified ERR matches the claimed figure exactly for the 2023–2024 monitoring period, but the underlying parameter contradictions reduce confidence in the credit quantity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠No buffer pool or permanence mechanism identified in any available document, leaving reversal risk unmitigated for a community water infrastructure project
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% in the 2023 monitoring report contradicts the PDD's 5% deduction; the justification ('deemed negligible') is not supported by a quantified analysis
• ⚠fNRB value of 0.97 (monitoring report) vs 0.85 (PDD) represents a 14% discrepancy that directly inflates credit quantities if the higher value is used
• ⚠Double-counting of users for proximate boreholes (ZMA 054/055, ZMA 056/057) was identified as a material finding and required corrective action
• ⚠Multiple open FARs (SDG indicators at VPA level, fNRB report, monitoring justification) remain unresolved as of the latest verification

Credit Vintages