More MDGs per drop & dollar invested
Daniel Renault

T 2.4
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Preparatory meeting Addis Ababa Nov. 2008
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2 main sessions and a wrap up
• well attended, well diversified participants and panelists

MUSF is, by purpose or as a practice, the process of using within a system the same water for different uses and functions.
MUSF occurs at all scales of water systems:
• water infrastructure
• ecosystem,
• household.

Common practices on irrigation systems

Common practices on wetlands systems
Functions associated to water systems
Flood protection
Social, cultural
Ecosystem services

Common practices on Domestic systems

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Innovation lies in how these uses and functions can be addressed as “services”
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Innovation
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Cost benefits and impacts on poverty are today not enough known
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Innovation
 hundred of millions hidden users and beneficiaries are left unaccounted

MUSF is a local and user-oriented service approach, applying IWRM principles based on integrated participatory assessment and planning of all water resources and need

Countries with MUS Group members
Action, training and research activities

Improving services from 20 to 100 lpcd translates into an additional $200-$400 for household of 5, above the health benefits
Investing in intermediate levels of service comes at a financial cost/benefit ratio of
3-8, even when considering additional transaction costs
Economies of scale in investments at community level
In paddy systems, value of other functions can be over 800 US$/ha

MUSF real opportunity for MDGs
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For food security, for domestic, but also for environment, for gender, and ultimately for all MDGs.
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Growing number of cases show MUSF is possible; yet far from scaled-up, despite positive cost-benefit impacts and market.
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Not catering for multiple-use and functions is missed opportunity for

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Governance; particularly local government and top of State
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Financing; joint financing between public and private
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Sectoral boundaries; beyond domestic and irrigation; also public and private sectors
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Institutional coordination

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Water scarcity and financial crisis leave no choice but for sectors to work together
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Sustainability of MUSF can be high:
– Balance between incentives for investments by public and contribution of users themselves
– High return on investment with higher levels of service
– Better design (esp. for private sector)
– Monitoring of performance of services and environmental impact
– appropriate sharing mechanisms and a

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Facilitated multi-stakeholder approaches: to strengthen institutions, rather than creating new ones
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Develop country visions and policy frame and promote local strategies with clear local context-specific demands!

• Best planning is to plan for things that have already happened !
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MUSF is here to stay !
• MUSF happens in cities !

We have good news: a market of 1 billion, with high potential return on investment and poverty reduction