SALGA outlined some of the challenges that may impede the implementation of the grant and these included the lack of a coherent policy imperative that underpins the creation of MWIG, the establishment of the grant not being underpinned by the need to prioritise the use of government capacity to accelerate infrastructure delivery, grant being limited to DMs only thus provinces and municipal areas where local municipalities are Water Service Authorities (WSA) may not benefit, limited alignment with sanitation services and the fact that the current funding requirements at municipal level relates to refurbishment and replacement of ageing infrastructure. SALGA proposed that closer working relations be forged with DWA in the implementation of the grant in order to address identified challenges and the need to develop a coordinated policy response to improving local government infrastructure delivery.