The Department of Water Affairs noted that there were a lot of inroads that had been made however there remained a lot more outstanding work. The public service generally did not have adequate planning capacity. Oftenly, there was no alignment of the budget to the strategy. This led to duplication and wastage. It was also the view of the Department of Water Affairs that it was not proper to have all departments implementing. The result was that different departments would give different reports. There was a need to look into the model of centres of excellence.