Planning
This document, developed by the FAO, presents the conceptual and practical approaches proposed for auditing multiple services in large irrigation systems. It is called MASSMUS, which stands for Mapping System and Services for Multiple Uses of Water Services.
It is a step-by-step progressive process that starts with a rapid appraisal procedure (RAP), then proceeds with further steps related to capacity, water balance, cost and development of a vision, and the design of interventions to modernize the management set up and operation techniques. Some adaptation to the specific function and constraints, inputs and outputs for MUS has been made where necessary.
An important aspect of the MASSMUS approach for auditing water services to irrigation systems is the reference for benefits, which is associated to each type of service. Generally references for irrigated agriculture are clear and reliable: yields and water entering the command area (CA) and water used by crops during evapotranspiration are reasonably well known. The benefits of irrigation are often taken to be the monetary value of the total yield throughout the CA.
Multiple-use water services is a holistic approach to sustainable water services that improves health and livelihoods. This holistic, participatory approach to water improves livelihoods and health, increases sustainability, and ultimately improves people’s lives overall. By investing a little more to address people’s multiple needs, impact is maximized in the long term. [authors abstract]
Multiple-use water services is a holistic approach to sustainable water services that improves health and livelihoods. This holistic, participatory approach to water improves livelihoods and health, increases sustainability, and ultimately improves people’s lives overall. By investing a little more to address people’s multiple needs, impact is maximized in the long term. [authors abstract]
In collaboration with IDEO.org, Winrock International created a stylized how-to guide that shows implementers, funders, and policymakers: what MUS is, how it looks in practice, and how to incorporate MUS into their own operations.
The guidelines, compiled by the MUS Group with support from IFAD and SDC, give step-by-step guidance on planning and providing multiple-use water services and on creating an enabling environment at intermediate and national level. It includes a reference guide to tools that can be used by organisations supporting and facilitating the provision of multiple-use water services in various context from different entry-points.
A presentation given by Emily Kovich of Winrock International on a Winrock MUS-training, given at the 2012 MUS-group meeting in Washington, DC.
A presentation given by Marieke Adank and Stef Smits (IRC) on guidelines for planning and providing multiple use water services at the 2012 MUS-group meeting in Washington, DC.
A presentation by Robert Marten of the Rockefeller Foundation on the foundation's multiple use services search, given at the 2012 MUS-group meeting in Washington, DC.
A presentation by Mary Renwick of Winrock International on multiple use water services for the poor: an overview of Winrock activities and key learnings; the presentation was given at the 2012 MUS-group meeting in Washington, DC.