AquaCarbon Ghana VPA1
Gold Standard · GS23183 · Ghana
About this project
The goal of this proposed VPA is the widespread installation of low greenhouse gas (GHG) water purification technologies to community water supply systems for households in northern Ghana to use. Element15 will install and maintain the water treatment systems (BAR systems) at existing water sources situated in rural and peri-urban communities. The BAR systems are based on membrane technology and do not use energy in the filtration process, so the project does not cause greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This VPA will apply the Gold Standard Methodology "Emission Reductions from Safe Drinking Water Supply" (Version 1.0) to quantify the emission reductions achieved by providing safe drinking water and avoiding the need for water boiling using non-renewable fuel.
The record
- Project ID
- GS23183
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Clean Water · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- Element15 B.V · 2 projects
- Country
- Ghana
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2025-01-01 to 2029-12-31
- Estimated yearly credits
- 60,000
- Scale
- Small Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Listed (In the pipeline)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2025-01-01 to 2029-12-31
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Ghana as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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