- The Nkomazi local municipality had a population of about 515,465 people with 100, 722 households in terms of the reviewed 2010 Water Services Development Plan (WSDP). - The municipality was 80% rural. It was operating 18 water treatment schemes that supply 95% of the people with water. - The municipality used mobile water tankers to supply water to some of the communities as an intervention due to the fact that some of the water services infrastructure were still under planning/development. - Nkomazi municipality implemented the following capital projects to ensure sustainable water supply to the community: Nyathi Water Treatment Works and Masibekela Water Treatment Works. - In this municipality it was reported that the foreigners outnumbered the locals.