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GS1247 VPA 192 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · GS7458 · Zambia
Credits issued
14,456
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
5,905
41% of issued
Remaining
8,551
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
The project will support the provision of safe water to hundreds of households within the Eastern Province 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 emissions from the combustion process.
The record
- Project ID
- GS7458
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Community Boreholes · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Zambia
- First vintage
- 2019
- Crediting period
- 2019-08-15 to 2024-08-14
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 4: Quality Education
- 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 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 4: Quality Education
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2019
- Crediting period
- 2019-08-15 to 2024-08-14
- Credits issued
- 14,456 (retired 5,905)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map
The registry gives Zambia as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other community boreholes projects in Zambia
| GS1247 VPA 193 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Wa... GS7459 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 17,246 |
| GS1247 VPA 190 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Wa... GS7456 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 15,093 |
| GS1247 VPA 194 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Wa... GS7460 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 12,956 |
| GS1247 VPA 191 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Wa... GS7457 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 12,521 |
| GS1247 VPA 197 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Wa... GS7463 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 0 |
| GS1247 VPA 195 Zambia Eastern Province Safe Wa... GS7461 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 0 |
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.