An independent external auditor from India based, Earthood Services Private Limited along with an Asian Development Bank technical expert have started their nine week audit at the Water Authority of Fiji.
The Water Authority says they are auditing the Kinoya based methane reducing Gas Flare Project to verify all data up until April 2017, from when the project started in 2015.
They say once completed, ADB will later hand over Fiji’s first ever carbon credit funding to government.
The workshop participants also visited the Kinoya Gas Flare Project to see how the Authority is successfully capturing and burning off methane gas before it can be released into the atmosphere.
The Water Authority says methane gas is a bi-product at Kinoya Treatment Plant, burning the gas on a daily basis since 2015.
It has so far reduced Authority’s emissions by 22,000 tonnes a year.
As part of the agreement between the ADB and the Fiji Government, ADB will purchase these reduced emissions at a rate of $US8.20 or $FJD16.52 for every one carbon credit reduced.
