Look I agree mac; I'm sure DWS (previously DWAF) gets involved (and possibly contributes funds - it did for the Durban scenario)  immediately you go outside the municipal boundary but that's another detail really. Sure the city oaficials can be arrogant but droughts are not easy to predict and integrated plans (city, province and national) should have been in place for different options a long time ago.  I won't even touch on the idiocy of national procurement regulations however.