GS1247 VPA 184 Lango Safe Water Project

Audit Analysis

The Lango Safe Water Project is a Gold Standard borehole-based safe water project in Uganda with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reported reversals, but it is burdened by extensive unresolved monitoring and operational issues including significant borehole breakdowns, water quality failures, and a 0% leakage deduction with no documented justification. The project's operational performance has declined markedly (time savings dropped from 60.7% to 28.5%, breakdown days tripled), raising concerns about the durability of claimed reductions. Multiple contradictions across documents and a large volume of open corrective actions and forward action requests further erode confidence in the robustness of the credit claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification described as 'not addressed' in the most recent verification report (Feb 2025), while an earlier verification report (Feb 2024) described it as 'quantified' — the more recent document takes precedence, leaving a material gap in the leakage analysis.
• ⚠Significant operational deterioration: breakdown days increased to 16,883 (72% operationality), time savings in water collection fell from 60.7% to 28.5%, 5 boreholes were inactive due to water quality failures, and 6 boreholes failed coliform tests with 3 months of crediting removed for each.
• ⚠Dozens of corrective actions, clarification requests, and forward action requests remain open or were only recently closed, including issues with fNRB recalculation, seasonal variation in water collection field tests, grievance mechanism effectiveness, and borehole maintenance documentation.
• ⚠The PDD originally specified a 5% leakage deduction, but subsequent verification reports reduced this to 0% without a clear, documented justification in the most recent record.

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