GS5047 VPA22 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyagatare Safe Water Project II
GS-1591 ↗ · current registry ID: GS7147
#1072of 1329 in Industrial#101of 139 in Rwanda#1514of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
This Gold Standard safe water project in Rwanda has VVB-confirmed additionality and a conservative verified usage rate, but is undermined by serious MRV deficiencies flagged in the verification report (unverified GPS locations, potential double-counting of users, survey attribution errors) and a 32% discrepancy between claimed and verified emission reduction figures across documents. The project-specific baseline, 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications, and low extraction confidence across the document set limit confidence in the credit's integrity.
Red Flags
- Verification report identifies potential double-counting of users due to overlapping 1 km radii of nearby boreholes, directly threatening the validity of the emission reduction calculation
- Borehole GPS locations could not be verified; satellite imagery showed bare land or trees instead of infrastructure at some sites
- 32% discrepancy in total ERR between the verification report (47,308 tCO₂e) and the monitoring report (62,570 tCO₂e) for the same period
- Four corrective actions remain open, including recollection of GPS coordinates and capping of water withdrawal values
- 2023 usage surveys had not been carried out at the time of the verification report, creating an MRV gap for the monitoring period
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9,066 | 9,066 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4,689 | 4,683 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 11,518 | 11,390 | 128 | |
| 2022 | 7,772 | 7,299 | 473 | |
| 2023 | 3,277 | 0 | 3,277 | |
| 2024 | 1,830 | 0 | 1,830 | |
| Total | 38,152 | 32,438 | 5,714 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
low inherent risk for water infrastructure
0% deduction; justification inconsistent across documents
Project-specific baseline; reassessment date not stated
FPIC and grievance mechanism confirmed in verification report but contradicted in other docs
CCP and CORSIA status not stated in available documents
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