Multiple Use water Services
This portal provides information on the provision of multiple use water services. It focuses on how these may be made to work for poverty reduction by supporting people to get access to water for both domestic and productive activities. The productive focus is on small-scale activities like backyard gardening, livestock keeping and micro-enterprises. These all play a crucial role in people's livelihoods but are often neglected in water supply. It is a collaborative group that you are invited to join!
MUS Group Symposium 2008 -
The MUS Group, together with the RiPPLE programme, will host an international symposium on multiple-use services from 4-6 November, 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All information on how to participate is available here.
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New report on improving livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa through water management -
FAO and IFAD have recently produced a report where they argue about the existing potentials for well-targeted, local interventions in water that can contribute to the rapid improvement in the livelihoods of the rural poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. Amongst others, multiple-use of water is identified as a high-potential type of intervention for improving livelihoods, through local water management
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MUS Group Newsletter #11 April 2008 -
Newsletter #11.pdf (41 kB)
- Report of study on assessing state of knowledge on mus available
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Winrock International, together with IWMI and IRC, carried out a study to assess the state of knowledge on multiple-use services. The purpose of the study was to guide prospective investments in the water sector by
• assessing the relative costs, benefits and poverty impacts of multiple-use approaches over single-use approaches
• evaluating the potential market for multiple-use approaches focusing on South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
The report is available at the link below
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- Policy brief on multiple-use approaches
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‘Taking a multiple-use approach to meeting the water needs of poor communities brings multiple benefits’ from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
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- Multiple-use water services to advance the millennium development goals
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This research report (IWMI Research Report No 98) by Barbara van Koppen, Patrick Moriarty and Eline Boelee presents results of the project “Multiple use water services” (MUS): a framework for action research.
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