GS1247 VPA 210 Sierra Leone Safe Water
Gold Standard · GS7482 · Sierra Leone
About this project
The Micro-Scale VPA 210 Sierra Leone Safe Water project is eligible under the Gold Standard methodology Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption Version 1.0. The project will support the provision of safe water using borehole technology to hundreds of households within the Republic of Sierra Leone. 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
- GS7482
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Community Boreholes · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- First vintage
- 2019
- Crediting period
- 2019-11-14 to 2024-11-13
- 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
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2019
- Crediting period
- 2019-11-14 to 2024-11-13
- Credits issued
- 23,446 (retired 16,452)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
The registry gives Sierra Leone as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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| GS1247 VPA 203 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7475 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 24,486 |
| GS1247 VPA 205 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7477 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 24,166 |
| GS1247 VPA 207 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7479 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 23,473 |
| GS1247 VPA 212 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7484 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 22,918 |
| GS1247 VPA 211 Sierra Leone Safe Water GS7483 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 22,815 |