GS1247 VPA 73 Lango Safe Water Project

Audit Analysis

The Lango Safe Water Project (borehole infrastructure in Uganda) has VVB-confirmed additionality and no reported reversal events, but is undermined by a 0% leakage deduction that contradicts the PDD's 5% figure, an absence of any buffer pool, and an extensive list of corrective actions and forward action requests flagging operational breakdowns, water-quality failures, and calculation inconsistencies. The project is delivering slightly above its claimed emission reductions, yet the documentation quality and internal consistency across documents remain a significant concern.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% in the verification report directly contradicts the 5% deduction stated in the PDD; the justification shifts from 'quantified' to 'deemed negligible' between documents, weakening the credibility of the zero-deduction claim.
• ⚠The verification report lists seven project-specific corrective actions (missing ER calculations, inconsistent breakdown days, missing coordinates, incorrect monitoring dates, inconsistent SDG values, incorrect table values, sampling-design inconsistencies) plus four forward action requests (seasonal WCFT variations, root-cause of time-saving reduction, water-quality failure measures, fNRB recalculation), indicating material unresolved quality issues.
• ⚠FPIC status is contradictory: the monitoring report (May 2023) states it was not conducted, while the validation report (August 2025) states it was conducted, raising questions about the timing and scope of free, prior, and informed consent.
• ⚠The monitoring period (Jan 2023 – Dec 2024) precedes the current crediting period (May 2025 – Apr 2030), meaning the most recent verified data does not yet cover the active crediting window.

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