Resources
PumpAid – Productive use of water
This short video is about the Elephant Pump from PumpAid.
Thinking beyond the tap: Gender and Multiple Use Systems
In this video Dr. Barbara talks about the link between domestic and productive water needs and women.
Colombia: the multiple water use systems project in Colombia
Stakeholders outline how the MUS project was set up and highlight the results of the project in Colombia.
Niger: a Kabori Story, Multiple-Use Water Services in Action
This is the story of Ali and his wife Hadiza from Kabori in Niger and how the multiple use water services project from WinRock International worked together with this family to make the limited family garden into a year round steady source of income.
Nepal: Ripples of Change - a multi-use water system in Nepal
This video by Practical Action shows what the impact has been of the implementation of a multi-use water systems to the access to water and the livelihood of a woman and her family in a rural and mountainous community in Nepal.
Ethiopia video: Money into Water, Water into Money
This video looks at improved access and poverty reduction in both rural and urban environments in Ethiopia.
Bolivia: the Challacaba case
A story of a group of boys and how the lack of access to improved water supply affects the livelihoods of their families. The story takes place in the community of Challacaba, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
India: understanding linkages: water and livelihoods in Andhrah Pradesh
This video that was made for the Water, Households and Rural Livelihoods (WHIRL) Project is about the water resources problems many villages face in Andhrah Pradesh in India.
Nepal: IDE Nepal, Multiple Use Water System (MUS) Program
IDE has developed 160 multiple use water systems in Nepal. The different technologies have helped the people to generate extra income and sustain in their livelihoods.
Multiple Use Water Services – Messages prepared for the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey 2009
This video shows examples from Kenya, India and Zimbabwe on the productive use of water and how it helps people to sustain in their livelihoods.
Global: Rockefeller Foundation Search on MUS
In 2011 the Rockefeller Foundation is conducting a Search on Multiple-use water Services to explore opportunities to expand MUS as a potential future investment for the Foundation to help create better health outcomes and generate income based on improved water service delivery. This exploration focuses on understanding the barriers that limit the scaling of MUS, their comparative importance, and possible approaches to overcoming challenges and supporting opportunities for scaling. This Search includes the following four initiatives. First, Winrock International and IDEO are developing MUS working models and prototypes. Second, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and International Water and Sanitation Center (IRC) with national partners are undertaking country studies to identify barriers and potentials for scaling MUS. The selected countries with highest potentials for scaling MUS are: India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania. Three main scaling pathways are examined: domestic-plus, irrigation-plus, and community-based MUS approaches. A third initiative is by the John Hopkins University Global Water Program, which organized a conference in Bellagio, Italy, from August 29th to September 1st, 2011. By convening leading experts in water and related fields, this conference identified barriers and opportunities to shifting the paradigm in the water sector from a single use development context to a multiple use context. Fourth, on 13 and 14 October, the Pacific Institute, Oakland, organized a MUS Convening. Participants from 11 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, USA and elsewhere developed recommendations to make the MUS framework a more robust and sustainable approach, so that it: ensures equity, protects the environment, builds climate resilience, incorporates sanitation and public health, and is designed for long-term success to improve the lives of the poorest communities. Gaps in our current understanding of MUS were identified as well as ideas for a concept note on moving MUS forward in the next year. The findings of these initiatives will be presented at a meeting on 11-13 January in New York, which will allow the Foundation to decide on further steps.
Honduras: guidelines for planning, designing and implementation of MUS systems
This guide, developed in partnership between IRC and RAS-HON (Water and Sanitation Network of Honduras), presents guidelines for the planning, design and implementation of MUS systems in Honduras. It has been developed and tested in the context of a pilot MUS programme, consisting of 6 MUS systems in the Department of La Paz. Lessons from these pilot systems have been taken up in these guidelines. The guides consist of a conceptual introduction to MUS in the context of Honduras, a series of steps in planning MUS systems and tools that may help in this process.
SMART centre in Tanzania
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Henk Holtslag, Connect International, on a SMART centre in Tanzania.
Winrock’s activities in Niger
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Emily Kovich (Winrock), on Winrock’s activities in Niger.
Including MUS in the NREGA in Madhya Pradesh, India
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Malik Ravinder of the International Water anagement Institute (IWMI) India, on integrating MUS in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Participatory planning of water assets for multiple uses in NREGA, India
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Shilp Verma of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) India, on Participatory planning of water assets for multiple uses in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MG-NREGS).
Insights on elaborating a domestic use module to MASSMUS; case from Andhra Pradesh, India
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Stef Smits, IRC, on elaborating a domestic use module to Mapping systems and Services for Multiple Uses (MASSMUS); case from Andhra Pradesh, India.
Understanding multiple uses of water in China, using the MASSMUS approach
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Zhanyi Gao, National Centre for Efficient Irrigation Technology Research, on multiple uses of water in China, using the Mapping systems and Services for Multiple Uses (MASSMUS) approach.
Developing working models for MUS
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Mary Renwick (Winrock) and Patrice Martin (IDEO) on water for health and wealth: accelerating multiple use water services for the poor.
Integrating MUS in WASH projects as a Domestic+: An Initiation of WaterAid Nepal
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Kabir Das Rajbhandri, WaterAid Nepal, on integrating MUS in WASH as a Domestic+: an initiation in the context of WaterAid in Nepal (WAN).
Planning for MUS, the iDE experience in Nepal
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by C.G Raj, iDE Nepal on planning and implementation of MUS in the Nepal-iDE Experience.
MUS through rainwater harvesting in Ethiopia
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Ard Schoemaker, RAIN Foundation, on rainwater harvesting in Ethiopia.
Experiences of MUS in South Africa
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Virginia Molose, The Mvula Trust on the South-African NGO The MvulaTrust and MUS.
Eau Vive experiences of MUS approach in Niger
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Oumarou Hamani, Eau Vive Niger giving the objectives and scope of Eau Vive activities in Niger republic city Karguibangou.
Eau Vive experiences of MUS in Burkina Faso
Powerpoint presentation given at the MUS group meeting in 2011 in Rome by Juste Nansi, Eau Vive Burkina Faso, giving the objectives and scope of Eau Vive project 2004-2010 in Burkina Faso.