. Shortfall in funding to meet the 2014 backlog eradication targets . Critical shortage of technical capacity . Poor performance in the blue and green drop evaluations and poor waste water quality and management . The lack of performance of the DM as a WSP is of concern. . The RBIG project has been delayed by the WSA from January 2009, and there concerns related to the failure of the funding and long term water provision agreements . There are significantly high water losses in Kokstad which can be reduced by implementing WC/WDM measures . Conjunctive use of water should be applied in the Sisonke DM to optimise use of the available local surface water supplies in such areas as Kokstad, Bulwer and Ixopo . Additional water required to meet the demands in Bulwer and Ixopo areas can be met by developing storage in the Mzimkulu River. This will come at a significant cost with limited capacity of sufficient revenue from the schemes . Bulk water supply infrastructure needs to be developed to meet future water requirements in the DM . For the outlying rural communities groundwater is considered as the most viable option to meet domestic water requirements