GS1247 VPA 220 Central and Western Uganda Safe Water Project

Audit Analysis

The Uganda Safe Water Project has VVB-verified additionality and no reversal events, but is undermined by an unusually high volume of material findings (7 CARs, 13 CLs), eleven cross-document contradictions, and a 0% leakage deduction that conflicts with the PDD's 5% figure. The project's safeguards framework (FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing) is in place, yet data-quality issues across monitoring and verification documents erode confidence in the reported emission reductions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven Corrective Action Requests and thirteen Clarifications were issued during verification, indicating systemic data-quality and reporting deficiencies across the monitoring cycle
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% in the 2025 verification report but the PDD (2025-03-21) specified a 5% deduction — the more conservative PDD value was not carried through
• ⚠Eleven contradictions across documents (usage rate, crediting period dates, fNRB method, additionality test type, benefit sharing, ERR figures) suggest inconsistent record-keeping
• ⚠Multiple boreholes reported non-functional for extended periods (e.g., NAK012 for 138 days in 2023) and water quality test failures for NAK007 and MAS038 raise operational reliability concerns

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