The project
An intervention tied to its territory.
The project installs and rehabilitates wells in Zambia's Central Province to provide a safe water source for rural communities.
Zambia · Access to water
Zambian Central Province Safe Water Project
The project installs and rehabilitates wells in Zambia's Central Province to provide a safe water source for rural communities.
Distretto di Chibombo, Provincia Centrale
- Standard and ID
- Gold Standard · GS7689-7591
- Proponent
- CO2balance UK Ltd., con Village Water ed ECHO
- Period
- 23/06/2021–22/06/2026, period indicated on the page
- Mechanism
- Emissions avoided by replacing fuel-based water boiling
Published on the HapGree page; documentation consulted on 14/09/2026
How it works
Emissions avoided by replacing fuel-based water boiling.
Manual or solar pumps make water available without the need to boil it over wood-fired stoves. The reductions therefore come from the fuel avoided under the baseline scenario, not from CO₂ removal.
Method and standard. Gold Standard — Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption, v3.1 in the PDD
Territory and community
Benefits described in the sources.
Alongside the installations, training and local maintenance capacity are planned. The page links access to water to reduced collection times, with particular relevance for women and girls.
Sources and references
Content rewritten from the HapGree page and the original documents listed here.
HapGree source page Gold Standard registry · project GS7689-7591Continue
