3.1.15 The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs (DWEA) reported that it had budgeted R6 million to provide the municipality with water and waste water projects. But, DWEA reported that ELM has not made sufficient allocation for water infrastructure in their capital budget and that ELM had not reported water shortages. DWEA encouraged ELM to plan for water projects appropriately. DWEA expressed their concerns that an increasing number of mining companies in Mpumalanga were given mining licences, but these mining companies had not committed themselves to water conservation and that has led to water pollution.