The municipality has a newly upgraded plant which processes 6Ml/day and the old one which used to process 8Ml/day. The old plant has deteriorated due to negligence and the principal consultant allegedly ill advised the Municipality. The sludge lagoons were not working to capacity, and were at the point of breaking and had not been emptied for the past 30 years. Some of the problems associated with the plant which were identified were, amongst others, non compliance to standards, staffing levels acutely inadequate, no maintenance plans and effluent monitoring needed to be increased. None of the pump stations were working, and of the average of 12Ml/day that should come to the plant, only 3Ml/day were treated and the rest (about 9Ml/day) went to the streets.