A Water Services Development Plan (WSDP) was prepared for the DM in 2006 but never formally adopted by the DM, only been reviewed and revised in 2008. The Sisonke DM relies almost entirely on grant funding for the provision of water and sanitation services to the indigent, with the cost of eradicating the water and sanitation backlog estimated at R5, 370, 810 million. The Sisonke DM also failed to improve the drinking water supplied to the area, hence the DWA lack of faith in the DM to render safe and sustainable drinking water quality management services to its consumers. The KZN Regional Office of the DWA is currently offering technical support to the DM, in an attempt to help them improve their water safety plan.