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The RiPPLE project aims to study the linkages between water, livelihoods and economic growth in Ethiopia, under the slogan of "money into water, and water into money".
The Water Information Network of South Africa (WIN-SA) hosted a Lesson Learning Workshop on 27/28th February 2007 in Johannesburg, with the theme “Water Services for Growth and Development”.
Winrock International, in collaboration with the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, the International Water and Management Institute, and Stockholm Environment Institute, are currently undertaking an assessment on multiple uses of water for the Gates Foundation.
On 18 April, the MUS group were invited to facilitate a workshop on Multiple Use Systems (Water for Productive Use) at the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council's (WSSCC) planning meeting for national coordinators and regional representatives.
A recent meeting in South Africa concluded that local governments have a central role to play to take the multiple use services approach forward. Various initiatives are undertaken to support local authorities in this task.
A current call for proposals from USAID to support water and sanitation service delivery in arid and semi-arid parts of Kenya, highlights the role of multiple uses of rural water supply systems.
The ZimWASH project aims to strengthen the capacities of civil society organisations and local government in Zimbabwe in providing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services targeting the needs of the rural poor.
At the International Forum on Water and Food to be held in Vientiane, Lao PDR from 12-17 November 2006 as part of the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), Eline Boelee from the International Water Management Institute is organising a session on multiple use water systems.
A new Stockholm Environment Institute research project has investigated patterns of domestic water use in rural and peri-urban areas in Vietnam, with a particular focus on micro enterprises undertaken in and around the household using domestic water supplies.
Over the next five years a consortium of researchers and implementing organisations will seek better evidence on how money turns into water through investment, and how in turn, that water is turned into money benefiting individuals and the wider economy.
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