a) To provide the ultimate direction to the organization;

b) Approve the organization’s key policies;

c) To assess and understand the issues, forces and risks that defines and drives the organization’s core business;

d) To maximize shareholder value;

e) To ensure that the organization acts in a socially responsible manner to foster the sustainability of the organization in its wider socio-economic environment;

f) To ultimately take responsibility for meeting the demand for water services in our respective areas of responsibility, bearing in mind that the Board Members, both individually and collectively, are answerable in law and in the wider society for the success or failure of their organizations.