The Portfolio Committee further acknowledged that in its few interactions with the Department, since the various leadership changes were made at Cabinet and Parliamentary level, it had discerned a definite, positive upward trend in the work and activities of the Department, and pledged to remain in partnership with the Department to progressively and decisively move it towards operating at its optimal ability to serve the nation and the people of South Africa in creating an efficient, effective, vibrant and sustainable water sector, which delivered on the developmental needs of the country.