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!

Next meeting: 24-25 August, Rome

The next meeting of the MUS Group will be held on 24-25 August, and will be hosted by the FAO in Rome. The attached document contains the agenda of the meeting.

Agenda MUS Group meeting 24-25 Aug-draft2.pdf (155 kB)

Minutes phone conference meeting April 2009

These are the minutes of a phone conference meeting, held on 15 April 2009.

MUS Group meeting 15 April 2009 aide memoire.doc (66 kB)

Announcement: session on small-scale water storage solutions in Stockholm

RAIN is co-convening a 1/2 day seminar, together with Acacia Water and ICRAF/SEARNET, titled: "Water and Food Security in Water Scarce Areas: The Untapped Potential for Upscaling Small-scale Water Storage Solutions" at the Stockholm Water Week. The 2nd announcement can be found at http://www.worldwaterweek.org/Downloads/2nd_Announcement_2009_web.pdf
Participation of MUS Group members is welcomed!

multiple-uses of water at the WEDC conference in Ethiopia

The 34th WEDC International Conference will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 18-22 May 2009, and is entitled Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development and Multi-sectoral Approaches. A total of 176 papers from 53 countries have been accepted for presentation under the Themes Environmental sanitation, Institutional and management issues, Knowledge management, Water resources and Water supply. Papers with a MUS focus include "Multiple uses of household water supplies for livelihoods in Ethiopia" and "Incorporating productive use into water systems in urban Nigeria" while there are also papers on self-supply, wastewater re-use for irrigation, IWRM, a discussion on Learning Alliances etc which relate to MUS interests. Early registration rates are available until 10th April.

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MUS at 5th World Water Forum

This folder contains material related to the sessions on multiple-use services held at the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul.

Messages for Istanbul

Video message for 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009

MUS Group welcomes 4 new core members

After the MUS Symposium, 4 organisations applied to become core members of the MUS Group, an application that was gladly accepted by all. We therefore welcome the following new core partners: Challenge Programme Water and Food, Rain Foundation, Stockholm Environment Institute and the World Fish Centre. A short profile about these organisations can be found at http://www.musgroup.net/page/274.

If your organisation is also interesed in becoming a core partner, check details about the Group's governance rules including the expected role of core partners, at http://www.musgroup.net/page/738.

Technical expertise available for MUS Group members

In 2009, on a pilot basis, the MUS group will start to facilitate technical exchange visits to support members in adapting their water supply approaches to cater for multiple uses. All MUS group members are welcome to apply for support.

Book on IDE's experiences with MUS in Nepal and India available

IDE announces the publication of the book: Multiple Use Water Service Implementation in Nepal and India: Experience and Lessons for Scale-Up. The book explores the practical implementation of the multiple-use water services (MUS) concept in Nepal and India, focusing on community-level lessons and implications for scaling up the approach.