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CARBON PROJECT

Water for Climate Rwanda Project

Gold Standard · GS6598 · Rwanda

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Credits issued
210,154
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
42,325
20% of issued
Remaining
167,829
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

The project aims to provide safe drinking water to communities in the districts of Rusizi, Ngoma, Rwamagana and Bugesera. The project consists of the repair of damaged and defunct boreholes or wells. Boreholes/wells may be dysfunctional e.g. due to a broken or removed pump or other broken parts like plunger, chain or rising main. The rehabilitation of those boreholes/wells reduces the need for households to boil water as a means of purification. New boreholes might be drilled in case that this would reveal to be more favourable than rehabilitating boreholes/wells. Many existing boreholes in the districts of Rusizi, Ngoma, Rwamagana and Bugesera have fallen into disrepair because of lack of systematic maintenance programmes and due to insufficient financial means in the districts. The project aims to repair and maintain around 50 boreholes/wells across the 4 districts. Any borehole/pump technology can be involved in the project activity. However, it is foreseen that the most common technologies will be of Afridev or India Mark. The rehabilitated boreholes/wells will be properly maintained in form of both preventive and corrective maintenance and water coming from the water points will be periodically tested for E.coli bacteria in order to guarantee safe and clean water over the time. It is planned to establish a WASH committee for each borehole. These committees amongst others help to ensure that surroundings of the boreholes/wells are kept clean and protected against animals or vandalism and notify the hand-pump mechanic immediately in case any problem with the borehole/well occurs.

The record

Project ID
GS6598
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
CO2logic · 27 projects
Country
Rwanda
First vintage
2019
Crediting period
2019-03-01 to 2029-02-28
Estimated yearly credits
59,480
Scale
Large Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 5: Gender Equality
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 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 5: Gender Equality

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2019
Crediting period
2019-03-01 to 2029-02-28
Credits issued
210,154 (retired 42,325)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-2.2300, 30.1400
Source
Gold Standard registry (public API)
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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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