Beyond Domestic: Case studies on poverty and productive uses of water at the household level

Updated - Tuesday 07 February 2006

Edited by Patrick Moriarty, John Butterworth and Barbara van Koppen. (2004)

Is something missing from your work in water supply? Do individuals and communities that you work with use their water supplies for multiple purposes? Are you challenged by how to help the poor gain access to water (beyond 'traditional' domestic or field-scale irrigation needs) for activities that generate food and income like fruit and vegetable production, keeping livestock, brick-making and building, and a wide range of informal micro-enterprises? Do you search for ways to improve cost-recovery?

Beyond Domestic contains:

evidence of how multi-purpose water supplies can help poor women and men to build sustainable livelihoods and fight poverty;
analysis of the key issues relating to productive uses of water at the household level;
details of practical experience on how to cater to the demand for productive water;
links to further information and contacts.

Target audience: The book will inspire and support professionals seeking to move beyond sectoral boundaries in domestic or irrigation water supply, and contains many suggestions for an agenda of policy change, implementation and further research.

Beyond Domestic is jointly published by IRC, the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).