GS1247 VPA 197 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Water Project
GS-1826 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7463
#526of 1329 in Industrial#11of 33 in Zambia#824of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
The Zambia Eastern Province Safe Water Project (VPA 197 under Gold Standard) has VVB-verified additionality and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but suffers from a project-specific baseline, no stated buffer pool, and a complete absence of a verified ERR figure to benchmark against the 9,414 claimed. Multiple contradictions across documents and five open follow-up actions from the verification body indicate the project design has not yet been fully consolidated.
Red Flags
- No verified ERR figure is available in any document; the 9,414 claimed ERR cannot be independently confirmed for the 2024 monitoring period
- Five follow-up actions (FAR 01–05) remain open, including the requirement to submit an fNRB report at VPA level and justify monitoring options
- Contradictions in leakage treatment (quantified 5% vs. deemed negligible) and fNRB method (local field vs. national default) across documents of the same vintage raise data-reliability concerns
Credit Vintages
No issuances recorded on the registry.
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
technology replacement risk
5% quantified deduction
Project-specific; reassessed 2024
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing documented
CORSIA and CCP status both unstated
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