Winrock Water

Winrock Water is an initiative of Winrock International, a non-profit organization that works with people around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment.

Welcome to Winrock Water!

Winrock Water (WW) provides an electronic means of obtaining and sharing information and ideas in the field of water resources.

To learn more about Winrock Water, please visit About Us.

To find out more about our recommended publications, including discussion papers and reprints, and links, please visit our Reference Materials and Related Links sections.

Please also explore our Discussion Forum, where you will be given the option to join or view past and current discussions.We’ve also opened a new discussion forum on Multiple-Use Water Services. See links below to follow discussion or join.

New! JDR 3^rd Scholars Program Announces Grant Competition on Multiple-Use Water Services in India

The John D. Rockefeller 3^rd Scholars Program at Winrock International, with support from UNICEF India, announces an open grant competition to select a research team on the topic: ‘Multiple-Use Water Services to Reduce Poverty and Vulnerability to Climate Change.’ The research will identify opportunities to upgrade current drinking water systems to provide multiple-use services, and to develop a framework for piloting MUS which is resilient to climate change. For more information, please click here.

New! - Report on Multiple-Use Water Services

Multiple Use Water Services for the Poor: Assessing the State of Knowledge,” Winrock International: Arlington, VA.

This report provides an assessment of the costs, benefits and poverty impacts of multiple-use water services and populations that could be reached in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The study was conducted by Winrock International in collaboration with IRC and IWMI. To download the full report, click here (or download by section below).

New! - Online Discussion Forum for Multiple-Use Water Services available at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MUSWinrock/ Please visit the site to join the forum and to view past and current discussions about Multiple-Use Services (MUS). We welcome your thoughts!

For more information on Multiple-Use Water Services or the report, please contact Mary Renwick (mrenwick@winrock.org).Report by section:

We encourage you to Contact Us if you have any comments or if you would like to submit a paper to be considered for our Reference Materials section. We encourage you to if you have any comments or if you would like to submit a paper to be considered for our Reference Materials section.

We encourage you to if you have any comments or if you would like to submit a paper to be considered for our Reference Materials section. We encourage you to if you have any comments or if you would like to submit a paper to be considered for our Reference Materials section.

Please visit our Water Projects page to see details of Winrock’s work in water throughout the world.

Powerpoint presentations from the Winrock Water meeting on Policies and Management for Multiple Uses of Water on May 26, 2006:
         (A synopsis of the Winrock Water meeting is coming soon)
         1. Multiple Uses of Irrigation Systems by Ruth Meinzen-Dick, IFPRI
         2. Multiple Uses of Domestic Water Systems by John Butterworth, IRC W&S Centre
         3. Gender and Social Aspects of Multiple Uses of Water by Charity Kabutha, formerly Director
            of the Africa Women's Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment (AWLAE) network and
             Winrock International
         4. Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Aspects by Jennifer Davis, Stanford University
         5. Multiple Uses of Water and Health by Eline Boelee, International Water Management
             Institute
         6. Economic and Financial Aspects of Multiple Uses by Mary Renwick, Winrock International
         7. Integrated Water Resources Management and Multiple Uses by Roberto Lenton, Columbia
             University and Global Water Partnership Technical Committee

A synopsis of the Winrock Water meeting on New Aspects of World Water Scarcity on May 2, 2005 is available here.