GS1247 VPA 43 Alebtong, Dokolo, Otuke District Boreholes

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard borehole project in Uganda with VVB-verified additionality and no reversal events, but undermined by an extensive list of unresolved and resolved corrective actions, a 0% leakage deduction that contradicts the original 5% in the PDD, a 64% water-quality pass rate with three boreholes removed from crediting, and a massive discrepancy in verified ERR figures (1,740 vs 10,746 tCO₂e) across two verification reports. The project's core design is sound, but the MRV quality and data consistency raise material concerns about the reliability of the claimed reductions.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Verified ERR of 1,740 tCO₂e (2026 verification) vs 10,746 tCO₂e (2025 verification) — a 6× discrepancy that is unexplained and undermines confidence in the credit quantity
• ⚠Leakage deduction reduced from 5% (PDD, 2023) to 0% 'deemed negligible' (2026 verification) without a documented re-assessment; the VPA DD requires leakage assessment every other year and this was flagged as missing in the MR
• ⚠Water quality tests show only 64% pass rate; three boreholes (Anotocao, Te-Dam, Bua Yubu) were removed from crediting for failing national standards, and 2,064 failure days were recorded across all boreholes
• ⚠10 Corrective Action Requests and 17 Clarification Requests raised in the latest verification cycle, including inconsistencies in ERR calculations, parameter values, and borehole counts across MR sections
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the monitoring report (2024) states it was not conducted, while the validation report (2025) states it was conducted

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