Water filter project in Dindori, Madhya Pradesh, India

Audit Analysis

This is a Gold Standard-certified water filter avoidance project with VVB-confirmed additionality, no reported reversals, and a strong local non-renewable biomass estimate. However, key baseline and leakage details are missing, and the verification process still required multiple corrective actions, which weakens confidence in the crediting claims. Documentation quality is limited by low extraction confidence and an unknown source document type.

Project Description

The project activity involves the distribution of water filters to marginalized households across rural, urban, and semi-urban areas in India. It forms part of a broader programme aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions while supporting the socio-economic development of local communities. Under this programme, safe drinking water solutions are provided free of cost to underserved households, thereby eliminating the need to boil water using traditional three-stone fires or other inefficient, smoke-intensive wood stoves. By promoting clean and safe drinking water technologies at the household level, the project contributes to improved health outcomes and environmental sustainability. This project activity involves the distribution of household water filtration units to marginalized households residing in remote areas of Dindori and Anuppur districts in Madhya Pradesh, India. This activity is implemented under a broader Programme of Activities (PoA) aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions while promoting socio-economic development among communities that rely on unsafe sources of drinking water. The primary objective of the project is to disseminate household water treatment (HWT) units to underserved populations in these districts. Under the GS-PoA framework, the project provides safe water treatment solutions free of cost to beneficiary households. By enabling access to safe drinking water, the project eliminates the need to boil water using traditional three-stone fires or other inefficient, smoke-intensive wood stoves, thereby reducing the consumption of fuelwood and associated greenhouse gas emissions. The project promotes the adoption of clean drinking water technologies, specifically Econeer household water treatment units. The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while improving living conditions at the household level, particularly by enhancing health outcomes for women and children through the reduction of indoor air pollution. Carbo

Red Flags

• ⚠ Leakage treatment is not addressed, with no quantified deduction or justification found.
• ⚠ Baseline method and last reassessment are not stated in the extracted record.
• ⚠ The verification required 07 corrective action requests and 04 clarification requests, indicating material documentation issues.

Credit Vintages

Cosa migliorerebbe questo punteggio

• Publish the baseline methodology, last reassessment date, and a clear leakage assessment with quantified treatment.
• Provide cleaner, fully readable verification and monitoring documents showing how the 07 CARs and 04 CLs/CRs were resolved.

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