These Regulations, made under section 57 of the Water Supply and Sanitation Act, 2009 ("Act"), empower the Minister responsible for water to, cluster water authorities. This shall be done in consultation with the Minister responsible for Local Government Authorities and by notice published in the Gazette and for the purposes of achieving commercial viability of water supply and sanitation services. There are two models that may be used for clustering: clustering involving Water Supply and Sanita