GS1247 VPA 247 Kaliro Safe Water

Audit Analysis

The Kaliro Safe Water project (GS10726) is a Gold Standard borehole-based safe water project in Uganda with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reported reversal events, but it is undermined by an extensive catalogue of data errors, calculation discrepancies, and borehole operational failures (23.3% water quality test failure rate) documented across multiple verification cycles. The project-specific baseline, 0% leakage deduction with a thin 'deemed negligible' justification, and numerous unresolved contradictions between monitoring and verification reports raise meaningful over-crediting and data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠23.3% of water quality tests failed (35 of 150) during the monitoring period, with 19 boreholes failing WQTs, indicating significant operational reliability issues that may not be fully reflected in the ERR calculation
• ⚠Extensive list of material findings including formula errors, misreported usage data, incorrect WQT results, and non-functional days calculation errors across multiple verification cycles
• ⚠Leakage deduction reduced from 5% in the PDD (2023) to 0% in the 2026 verification with only a 'deemed negligible' justification, without a quantified re-analysis
• ⚠Multiple contradictions in ERR figures between the 2025 and 2026 verification reports (7,316 vs 19,671) that are not clearly reconciled

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