The Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) was set up to assist Water Services Authorities to provide water supply services to consumers currently without services, particularly in rural areas. The purpose is to facilitate the planning, acceleration and implementation of various projects that would ensure water supply to communities as not receiving a basic water supply service. The outcomes for increased household access to water supply was enabled through interim, and/or intermediate and/or refurbishing and/or upgrading of existing infrastructure to communities identified as not receiving a basic water supply service, reduction in water losses and non-revenue water, and access to water supply which was implemented in an appropriate and sustainable manner and which culminated in effective asset management.