Clean drinking water helps people and the environmentThis project provides access to clean drinking water to about 102,000 additional residents in Tete, Sofala and Manica provinces in central Mozambique through the use of borehole technologies. The provision of clean water replaces the need for water treatment/purification at open fireplaces in households. This, in turn, reduces carbon dioxide emissions generated by the combustion mostly of wood. In addition, diseases caused by air pollution at open fireplaces, to which women and children in particular are often exposed, are avoided.
Together with local NGOs, the project identifies communities in need of new boreholes or maintenance and ensures the water quality of the extracted water. The project is cerified by the Gold Standard, which measures, in addition to the calculated carbon credits, the local social, environmental and economic impacts of the project.
How does technology for clean drinking water help fight global warming?Two billion people in the world have no access to clean drinking water. Many families have to boil their drinking water over an open fire, resulting in CO
2 emissions and deforestation. Where water can be cleaned chemically (e.g. with chlorine) or mechanically (with filters), or where groundwater can be provided from wells, these CO
2 emissions can be avoided. Clean drinking water projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with
international standards.
