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GS7591 VPA 11 Northern Uganda Safe Water Project
Gold Standard · GS7596 · Uganda
Credits issued
56,616
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
38,177
67% of issued
Remaining
18,439
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
CO2balance is working with community groups and local officials in the northern region of Uganda to rehabilitate non-functioning boreholes to provide access to safe water and avoid the use of wood to boil unsafe water as a treatment method.
The record
- Project ID
- GS7596
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Community Boreholes · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Uganda
- First vintage
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2023-03-03 to 2028-03-02
- Estimated yearly credits
- 60,000
- Scale
- Small Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
community groups or cooperatives
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 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2023
- Crediting period
- 2023-03-03 to 2028-03-02
- Credits issued
- 56,616 (retired 38,177)
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 Uganda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other community boreholes projects in Uganda
| GS7591 VPA 7 Northern Uganda Safe Water Projec... GS7592 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 238,544 |
| GS7591 VPA 8 Northern Uganda Safe Water Projec... GS7593 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 202,161 |
| GS7591 VPA 9 Northern Uganda Safe Water Projec... GS7594 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 153,490 |
| GS7591 VPA 10 Northern Uganda Safe Water Proje... GS7595 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 87,789 |
| GS1247 VPA 2 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kole Di... GS1359 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 75,765 |
| GS1247 VPA 3 Otuke District Borehole Project GS2479 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 74,453 |
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.