GS1247 VPA 143 Manicaland Safe Water

Audit Analysis

The Manicaland Safe Water project (GS1247) is a Gold Standard energy-efficiency project providing borehole water access in Zimbabwe, with VVB-confirmed additionality and a project-specific baseline reassessed in 2024. However, nine cross-document contradictions — particularly on FNRB value, leakage treatment, and crediting period — combined with the absence of a verified ERR figure and three open corrective actions, create meaningful uncertainty around the robustness of the credit claims. The project is functional but its monitoring and documentation record shows gaps that limit confidence in the reported emission reductions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Nine contradictions across documents, including FNRB value (0.97 vs 0.85), leakage treatment (deemed negligible vs quantified), and crediting period (2018–2023 vs 2025–2030), indicating inconsistent data management
• ⚠No verified ERR figure found in any available document, preventing any pro-rata comparison against the 20,471 claimed ERR
• ⚠Material findings include temporary caps on key parameters (Wb,y, Wp,y, usage rate, user numbers) imposed during a GS grievance review, plus 49.1 non-functional borehole days in the monitoring period
• ⚠Three corrective actions remain open, including the need to update the usage survey to capture seasonality and to provide full transparency on maintenance roles

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