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GS1247 VPA 300 - Burkina Faso Safe Water
Gold Standard · GS11096 · Burkina Faso
Credits issued
0
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
—
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Certified design
Gold Standard Certified Design
About this project
This project will support the provision of safe water to hundreds of households across Nord Region of Burkina Faso using borehole technology. 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 from the combustion process.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11096
- 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
- Burkina Faso
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2021-04-03 to 2026-03-03
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
households
Basis: Project description (Gold Standard registry). This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2021-04-03 to 2026-03-03
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map
The registry gives Burkina Faso as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other community boreholes projects in Burkina Faso
| GS1247 VPA 266 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11046 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 12,215 |
| GS1247 VPA 268 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11048 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 11,514 |
| GS1247 VPA 269 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11049 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 11,167 |
| GS1247 VPA 267 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11047 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 10,584 |
| GS1247 VPA 270 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11050 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 8,360 |
| GS1247 VPA 271 - Burkina Faso Safe Water GS11051 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 6,568 |
Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.