This document summarizes an event discussing multiple uses of water resources. The event addressed how multiple water use is addressed in different basins, the limitations, and how frameworks like Multiple Use Systems, Integrated Water Resources Management, and Ecosystem Services Framework can help. Participants were asked to discuss the main issues with multiple water use from their perspective, opportunities, innovations, and key messages, as well as how a Multiple Use Topic Working Group could support work in this area.

1. Multiple use of water: Rhetoric or reality?
IFWF3, Tuesday 15 November 2011
AM 10:00 – 12:00
Sophie Nguyen-Khoa (Chair), JP Venot (Facilitator), Martin
van Brakel (Lead)

2. Multiple use of water: Rhetoric or reality?
 Session Introduction: http://waterandfood.org/ifwf3/?q=MUS-
IWRM
 For the position paper by Nguyen-Khoa & Smith (2010):
http://waterandfood.org/app/webroot/uploads/files/TWG%20Posit
ion%20Paper%20Outline_MUS.pdf

3. Multiple use of water: Rhetoric or reality?
 How do you address multiple use of water in your basins?
 What are the limitations?
 How can frameworks help?
 Multiple Use Systems (MUS)
 Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
 Ecosystem Services Framework (ESF)

4. Multiple use of water: Rhetoric or reality?
 Main problem or issue addressed in your multiple water use
perspective
 Opportunities, solutions or innovations
 Key messages: what is new
 Your multiple use perspective focusing on added value, scale and
gains vs. costs of its application
 How can a Multiple Use Topic Working Group in the CPWF support
your work on multiple water uses