[[File: MUS livelihoods chart.png|thumb|none|500px|Click to zoom. Chart: [http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/6017a66b-db64-46ca-97ff-2db8e873cc04.pdf Winrock International]]]
==Field experiences==
In Nepal, multiple-use water systems were introduced by Nepal Smallholder Market Initiative (SIMI), International Development Enterprise (IDE), and Winrock. The systems consist of collection tanks at springs or small streams diversions, which deliver water to a reservoir near a village by gravity flow through a pipe. These systems serve 10-40 households, which use the water both for domestic purposes and horticulture. The introduction of drip irrigation systems ensured an efficient use of the water and better plant growth. Sixty percent of drip irrigation users apply water from the domestic system.
==Manuals, videos and links==
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* IWMI report - [http://www.musproject.net/redir/content/download/584/5342/file/IWMI%20research%20report%2098%20multiple%20use%20water%20services.pdf Multiple-Use water services to advance the millennium development goals].
* Alberts, H. and Van der Zee, J. J. 2004. [http://www.irc.nl/redir/content/download/6802/105351/file/TP41_BeyondDomestic.pdf A multi-sectoral approach to sustainable rural water supply: The role of the rope pump in Nicaragua], and Robinson, P. Mathew, B., and Proudfoot, D. 2004. Productive water strategies for poverty reduction in Zimbabwe. Both in: Beyond domestic. Case studies on poverty and productive uses of water at the household level. IRC Technical Papers Series 41.
* Polak, P. et al, 2004. [http://www.irc.nl/redir/content/download/6802/105351/file/TP41_BeyondDomestic.pdf Transforming access to rural water into profitable business opportunities. In Beyond domestic. Case studies on poverty and productive uses of water at the household level.] IRC Technical Papers Series 41.
* Schouten, T.; Moriarty, P. 2003. Community water, community management – From system to service in rural areas. The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and ITDG
* IWMI report - [http://www.musproject.net/redir/content/download/584/5342/file/IWMI%20research%20report%2098%20multiple%20use%20water%20services.pdf Multiple-Use water services to advance the millennium development goals].
* Nepal (SIMI) Smallholder Market Initiative. 2004. Process and impact study of the multiple-use (hybrid) gravity water supply schemes in Palpa and Syangja Districts of West Nepal. Kathmandu: Eco-Tech consult (P) Ltd. S.
* [http://www.winrock.org/fact/facts.asp?CC=5463&bu=9055 Winrock factsheet], SIMI
* [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Water_Policy_Briefs/PDF/wpb18.pdf Taking a multiple-use approach to meeting the water needs of poor communities brings multiple benefits]. IWMI (2006)
==Acknowledgements==
* Models For Implementing Multiple-Use Water Supply Systems For Enhanced Land And Water Productivity, Rural Livelihoods And Gender Equity – Multiple Use Systems (MUS). [http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org/factsheets/models-for-implementing-multiple-use-water-supply-systems-for-enhanced-land-and-water-productivity-rural-livelihoods-and-gender-equity-multiple-use-systems-mus/ Ongoing research - CIGAR.]
* [http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/6017a66b-db64-46ca-97ff-2db8e873cc04.pdf A Guide to Multiple-Use Water Services]. Winrock International.
