Los servicios de agua para usos múltiples (MUS, por sus siglas en Inglés) son un enfoque innovador para el suministro de agua. Este nuevo enfoque da pie a nuevas oportunidades de inversión para reducir la pobreza y promover la equidad de género en las zonas periurbanas y rurales. Los MUS toman como base las diversas necesidades de la gente con respecto al suministro de agua para planificar y diseñar nuevos sistemas y actualizaciones. Universalmente, los usuarios del agua ya cuentan con sistemas 'domésticos' o de 'riego' para diversos propósitos, ya sean legales o no. Mediante una planificación para estos usos múltiples, se pueden lograr muchos más beneficios con las inversiones en infraestructura: salud, libertad de los quehaceres domésticos, comida y renta y equidad de género. <small-title />'''Climate change considerations'''<br>Cement made for water collecting structures, in a time of drought, can be made poorly due to less (or polluted) water used in the cement-making process. Higher heat from climate change will increase evaporation rates in reservoirs, or floods may damage infrastructure and increase runoff volumes. These effects and more are listed and tips are given to adapt the water system to climate change conditions. <div style=" background-color: #efefef; text-align: center; -moz-border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; border: 2px solid #DEDEDE; padding: 3px;" >{|cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%"|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#efefef;"||-|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:springwater icon.png|center|80px|link=Springwater collection]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:intake icon.png|center|80px|link=Protected side intake]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:intake icon.png|center|80px|link=River-bottom intake]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:intake icon.png|center|80px|link=Floating intake]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:intake icon.png|center|80px|link=Sump intake]]|-|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:SpringwaterCollecting small.jpg|center|120px|link=Springwater collection]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:A river intake small.jpg|center|120px|link=Protected side intake]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:River-bottomIntake.JPG|center|120px|link=River-bottom intake]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:Floating Intake Diagram.jpg|center|120px|link=Floating intake]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:SumpIntakeDiagram.JPG|center|120px|link=Sump intake]]|-|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Springwater collection]]</div>|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Protected side intake]]</div>|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[River-bottom intake]]</div>|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Floating intake]]</div>|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Sump intake]]</div>|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#efefef;"||-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#DEDEDE;"||-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#efefef;"||-|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:dam icon.png|center|80px|link=Catchment and storage dams]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:Tyrolean_weir_icon.png|center|80px|link=Tyrolean weir]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:runoff icon.png|center|80px|link=Road runoff harvesting]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:micro hydro icon.png|center|80px|link=Micro hydropower]]|-|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:Catchment dam small.jpg|center|120px|link=Catchment and storage dams]] |style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:Tyrolean_weir_small.JPG|center|120px|link=Tyrolean weir]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:road runoff small.jpg|center|120px|link=Road runoff harvesting]]|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:woman micro hydro small.jpg|center|120px|link=Micro hydropower]]|-|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Catchment and storage dams|Catchment and <br>storage dams]]</div>|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Tyrolean weir]]</div>|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Road runoff harvesting]]</div>|style="background:#efefef;"|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">[[Micro hydropower]]</div>|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#efefef;"||}</div><br> ===Field experiences===These projects may be utilizing surface water harvesting techniques and are part of the project listing in Really Simple Reporting (RSR) on [http://www.akvo.org Akvo.org]. ===Surface water links===* [http://www.hpscste.gov.in/rwh/Blue_Drop_Series_02_-_Capacity_Building.pdf Rainwater Harvesting and Utilisation.] Blue Drop Series: Book 2: Beneficiaries & Capacity Builders. UN-HABITAT.* CARE Nederland, ''Desk Study Resilient WASH systems in drought prone areas''. October 2010.* Large wiki on water use for agriculture: [http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/ Agropedia] ===This article in other languages===[[%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B2_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%82_-_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C|Malayalam]]TEST