GS1247 VPA 249 Kaliro Safe Water
Gold Standard · GS10728 · Uganda
About this project
This Micro-Scale Voluntary Project Activity 249, Kaliro Uganda, is eligible under the Gold Standard methodology Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralised Thermal Energy Consumption V3.1. The project will support the provision of safe water using borehole technology to hundreds of households within Kaliro district. By providing safe water, the project will ensure that households consume less firewood during the process of water purification and as a result there shall be a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion process.
The record
- Project ID
- GS10728
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Community Boreholes · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption v3.1
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Uganda
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2020-02-05 to 2025-01-05
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2020-02-05 to 2025-01-05
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Uganda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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