3.4.4. Members of the delegation enquired as to what the delay was in completing the reservoir, to which the department responded that the discovery and removal of large rocks and the municipal strike which delayed the delivery of the water tanks, delayed the completion of the project. Another response from the department surrounding the employment of women was that because of the extreme physical labour required, no women were employed. The department informed the Committee that they were working towards a deadline which wasDecember 2011, for the completion of the reservoir.