Virridy deploys water treatment technologies to communities that need them most—then uses IoT sensors, rigorous science, and digital MRV to verify the carbon emissions reductions and generate carbon credits that sustain the service.
Explore Projects Learn MoreHundreds of millions of people still boil their drinking water over wood fires—consuming vast quantities of firewood, driving deforestation, and exposing families to dangerous household air pollution. When we provide proven water treatment technologies, that fuel is no longer burned, and the avoided emissions generate verified carbon credits.
Virridy pioneered this model. Our team developed the first-ever UN Clean Development Mechanism programs earning carbon credits for water treatment, and we've since deployed drinking water treatment programs across five countries in Africa and precision irrigation programs in Turkey and Mexico—all financed by carbon credit revenue that sustains the service long-term.
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Six drinking water treatment programs across five African countries, plus precision irrigation in Turkey and Mexico—generating verified carbon credits while delivering proven health and environmental benefits.
Solar-powered water supply systems deployed across rural and urban communities in partnership with Amazi Water, Burundi's leading water access organization. Central to Burundi's national universal water access plan.
Community water kiosk network providing clean water, healthcare, and economic opportunities through Asili's social enterprise model in conflict-affected eastern Congo. Operated by local "fontineres" creating permanent employment.
Community water systems using gravity-fed and solar-powered pumping technologies across the Diana, Menabe, and Amoron'i Mania regions, in partnership with Helvetas.
Water treatment systems deployed across primary and secondary schools, targeting students drinking contaminated water. Builds on Virridy's pioneering UN CDM and Gold Standard programs that leveraged tens of millions in private financing.
20-year program deploying LifeStraw Community gravity-fed purifiers to up to 4,500 schools. Includes hygiene education, staff training, safe water storage, filter maintenance, and water quality testing.
$35M initiative across Marsabit, Garissa, Isiolo, Wajir, and Turkana counties. IoT sensors on hand pumps and boreholes monitor functionality, cutting repair time from 214 days to 26 days and raising functionality from 56% to 91%.
Solar-powered pumping and treatment systems serving rural communities, refugee settlements, and disaster-affected areas. Features satellite-enabled remote monitoring with Water Mission, operating since 2013.
Transitioning 1,000+ hectares from conventional to subsurface drip irrigation for alfalfa, corn, and sugar beets. Reduces nitrous oxide emissions and increases soil carbon sequestration, in partnership with Orbia Netafim.
Two programs: Morrison Creek (Steamboat Springs, ~500 homes) and Plum Creek (Castle Rock, 100K+ ratepayers). Comparing facility upgrades versus natural watershed solutions including riparian restoration, livestock fencing, cover cropping, and constructed wetlands.
Analyzing watershed carbon methodology applicability for phosphorus reduction. Supporting water quality trading and adaptive management solutions through Wisconsin DNR framework, funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
Born from the discovery that self-reported usage overstates reality by 36–40%, Virridy's sensor platform delivers the objective, continuous data that carbon markets demand.
Continuous in-situ tryptophan-like fluorescence sensor detecting fecal contamination risk. Quantifies E. coli levels using machine learning with no regular calibration or cleaning required.
Satellite-connected IoT gateways with sensors tracking pump runtime and water system function across multiple countries, enabling real-time technician dispatch and resource allocation.
Cloud-based machine learning fusing sensor networks, remote sensing, streamflow, rainfall, and landcover data to deliver spatial and temporal water resource predictions at local and regional scales.
All credits generated under internationally recognized carbon credit standards with rigorous verification.
Applied across Africa projects (Burundi, DRC, Madagascar, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania). Quantifies avoided emissions from eliminating household water boiling through deployment of clean water infrastructure.
Applied in Turkey for precision irrigation projects. Quantifies climate benefits of subsurface drip irrigation adoption including reduced nitrous oxide emissions and increased soil carbon sequestration.
New methodology under expert review for US projects. Enables monetization of greenhouse gas emissions differences between facility upgrades and natural watershed restoration approaches.
Virridy's leadership team developed the first UN CDM and Gold Standard programs earning carbon credits for water treatment, leveraging tens of millions in private financing across Rwanda and Kenya.
Working with leading organizations to scale impact across water, carbon, and climate finance.
Virridy has established carbon credit offtake agreements with partners worldwide, ensuring long-term demand for credits backed by peer-reviewed science, IoT-verified usage, and proven health outcomes.
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