Along with other water and sanitation infrastructure improvement projects the municipality is busy with, the upgrading of the Brits Water Treatment Plant in North West could lead to the evaporation of water challenges that have been a thorn in the garden of the Madibeng Local Municipality in the recent past. The improvement of this treatment plant, which is scheduled for completion in 2018, is meant to address the water shortages the municipality faces and is it estimated to cost R578 million.