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Nile Basin

The MUS activities for the Nile Basin all took place in Ethiopia. The project sought to get an improved understanding of how to develop mus approach, particularly focusing on issues such as water source mobilization and hydrology, water distribution technology, hygiene behaviour, water quality and community organization.

Basin brief and work

The MUS activities for the Nile Basin all take place in Ethiopia. Mekelle University in the north of the country is the leading partner for MUS in the Nile basin, in collaboration with IWMI's sub-regional office for the Nile Basin and East Africa (IWMI-NBEA) based in Addis Ababa. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was IWMI's first national project partner in Ethiopia as it has applied the concept of MUS for several years now and is seeking for ways to standardize the approach. As with the overall project, the underlying hypothesis in Ethiopia is that integrated multiple use water systems are more sustainable and more effective in reducing poverty than multiple but separate water systems for domestic and productive purposes. It is hoped that with the MUS project, approaches will be developed that increase sustainability. Important issues to address in the project include water source mobilization and hydrology, water distribution technology, access to markets, hygiene behaviour, water quality, organization, rules and by-laws, but also related topics such as sanitation coverage and use.

Learning Alliances in the Nile Basin

Reports from the MUS learning alliances and other publications relating to the Nile basin can be found here.

Nile Basin Outputs