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Sustainable Safe Water Programme

Gold Standard · GS4503 · Tanzania

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

Basic Water Needs develops, produces and distributes water purification products on household level. The company is active in almost 20 countries worldwide and has provided nearly 2 million people with safe drinking water. In collaboration with Karagwe Development and Relief Services, a local NGO based in Kagera region in Tanzania, Basic Water Needs will implement a project that aims at setting up local entrepreneurs to enable sustained supply of household water filters while also focusing on awareness raising in the communities.Dirty water is put into the top container in which a ceramic candle is placed. Water will drip through the candle and the fast flow hose connected to the candle into the bottom bucket. The Tulip Table Top filter will purify the water of bacteria, parasites and turbidity. The water will be stored in the bottom container making sure that the water will not re-contaminate. The water can be used for drinking via the tap in the lower bucket. To protect the filter element against premature clogging when using dirty water, the filter element is covered with a washable pre-filter. After some time, the flow rate will reduce because of clogging of the filter element. When this occurs a small layer of the ceramic material of the filter element has to be removed by scrubbing the filter. This can be done easily by using a scrub pad, which is included with the filter.

The record

Project ID
GS4503
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Clean Water · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
Not provided
Developer
South Pole Ltd · 13 projects
Country
Tanzania
First vintage
—
Crediting period
2015-01-23 to 2022-01-22
Scale
Micro Scale · POA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdslocal communities
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 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
First credits (vintage)
none yet
Crediting period
2015-01-23 to 2022-01-22
Credits issued
0 (retired 0)

Location

Corrected location The registry location had swapped or sign-flipped coordinates; fixed and checked against the country border
Coordinates
-1.3152, 31.8560
Source
Gold Standard registry (public API), corrected
Note
Registry gave latitude 1.3152, longitude 31.856 (flip lat); corrected to the only variant that falls inside Tanzania
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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.
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