On that front, it's exactly the context for which the reform of three waters should be considered. The status quo is clunky and inefficient: 67 councils delivering water services with their own procurement pipelines—often not integrated in any way to the broader regions; no integrated planning either—are just some of the inefficiencies. And there is deferred investment over the past two decades which has meant that ratepayers have been experiencing burst pipes, aged infrastructure, especially of waste water treatment plants, and polluted harbours and waterways.