The municipality indicated that 26 851 rural households have no access to refuse removal services. Water pipes and valves within urban areas are over 100 years old and needs to be replaced as they have exceeded their life- span. It was reported that there were two sewer treatment works, one at Danville with a capacity of 5 mega litres per day, which was operating at full capacity and one at Mmabatho with a capacity of 24 mega litres per day of which about 16 mega litres was utilized,