The MUS Project

The Multiple Use Systems (MUS) project is a partnership of professionals from the productive and domestic water sectors, and from the research and implementation communities. It focuses on developing tested tools and guidelines for multiple-use water services delivery as an effective way to use water for poverty alleviation and gender equity. Activities are currently underway in rural and peri-urban areas of five major river basins and eight countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.The project works through so-called learning alliances to develop locally-specific innovations and build capacity for scaling up. The MUS project is part of the Challenge Program on Water and Food.


DocumentMUS at International Forum on Water and Food, Vientiane

A session on multiple use of water was hosted at the CPWF forum in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Around 50 participants, mainly scientists, but also some policy makers and practitioners, discussed issues related to multiple uses.

Read more or download CPWF2006_Session6MuluseSynthesisAnnex.pdf  (618 kB)

FileMUS at World Water Week 2006, Stockholm

The MUS Project and the PRODWAT thematic group convened a side event on multiple use water services on 22 August 2006 at the Stockholm World Water Week. Read report.

MUS Stockholm meeting.pdf  (177 kB)

DocumentMUS at 4th World Water Forum, Mexico

A well attended session on multiple use water services at the 4th World Water Forum (20 March 2006) brought together local practitioners who are piloting integrated approaches to supply water for domestic and productive uses, and representatives of key international and national institutions from the domestic and irrigation sectors.

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DocumentGlobal- Multiple-use water services to advance the Millennium Development Goals

This IWMI-CP-IRC research report traces the history of domestic-plus, productive-plus, and multiple-use by design approaches, and lists the documented merits and disadvantages of multiple-use water services approaches. For future action-research, a conceptual framework is presented that identifies the key conditions that need to be in place (or 'principles') for implementing multiple-use water services at community level and massive upscaling at intermediate and national levels. This approach has been developed and adopted by the MUS project.

Read more or download IWMI research report 98 multiple use water services.pdf  (918 kB)

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