GS1247 VPA 147 Manicaland Safe Water

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard safe-water / improved-kitchen project in Zimbabwe has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and a recently reassessed baseline, but is undermined by the absence of a stated buffer pool, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications across documents, and material findings that include temporary parameter caps imposed during a GS grievance review. Nine cross-document contradictions in key parameters (FNRB, usage rate, leakage, crediting period) significantly erode confidence in the data record, and the lack of a verified ERR figure prevents any meaningful over- or under-delivery check.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Nine contradictions across documents, including FNRB value (0.97 vs 0.85), leakage justification (deemed negligible vs quantified), and crediting period (2018–2023 vs 2025–2030), indicating inconsistent or unreliable data
• ⚠Temporary caps on water withdrawal, usage rate, and user numbers were imposed during a GS grievance review, suggesting the project's claimed parameters were challenged
• ⚠Total verified ERR is not found in the extracted record, making it impossible to confirm whether the 20,471 claimed ERR is supported by monitoring data

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