Safe Water Programme – Kenya – VPA 32
GS-3311 ↗ · current registry ID: GS11290
#101of 1329 in Industrial#9of 157 in Kenya#212of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
A Gold Standard safe water supply project in Kenya with VVB-confirmed additionality and conservative usage-rate assumptions, but weakened by a project-specific baseline, a thin 0% leakage justification, multiple unresolved material findings (sampling methodology, chlorine tablet bias), and ten inter-document contradictions (several of which are unit-extraction artifacts). The verified emissions reductions exceed the pro-rata expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, which is reassuring for claim safety, but the density of corrective actions and the absence of a buffer pool or stated permanence mechanism leave meaningful residual risk.
Red Flags
- Multiple material findings (FAR#1, FAR#2, CAR#01, CAR#02) flag sampling methodology non-compliance with CDM Appendix 3 and potential systemic bias in chlorine tablet usage that could overestimate emission reductions
- Leakage deduction of 0% justified only as 'deemed negligible' in the 2024 monitoring report, with no quantified analysis of reversion risk for a water-supply project
- Ten contradictions across documents, including additionality test type (investment vs combined), safeguards (present vs absent), and benefit sharing (described vs not described), indicating inconsistent record-keeping
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50,534 | 50,534 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 45,735 | 22,141 | 23,594 | |
| 2023 | 43,488 | 0 | 43,488 | |
| 2024 | 53,605 | 0 | 53,605 | |
| Total | 193,362 | 72,675 | 120,687 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed investment test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deduction, 'deemed negligible' only
Project-specific, reassessed at crediting start
FPIC and grievance present; benefit-sharing contradictory
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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