One of the major concerns raised by the Committee was the use of consultants in the implementation of water infrastructure projects and their associated cost burden on infrastructure budgets. In particular, the Department projected that 10 per cent of the R4.3 billion MTEF allocation earmarked for MWIG was projected to be set aside for project management costs. The Committee pointed out the need to eliminate the cost burden that implementing agents accrue to government infrastructure budgets and to prioritise the use of internal government capacity in the roll out of projects.