Water is necessary for human life; for most life. It is really hard to live without water, almost impossible, but just as difficult to live among; standing water poses many health risks. People need water, suffer for it, and yet, can also suffer from it, for example in informal settlements where drainage planning is not in place, so surface waters stream past homes. As many anthropologists have noted over generations, water is part of our relations - we have relations through water (Strang and Krause), and water moves us (both figuratively and literally; away from its stench, in its gushing flows, to higher grounds). The reality that water is so central to our daily existence, and yet so tricky in so many ways might offer insights into why, for example, engineers are taught to consider the wicked problems of water. A resource so tightly entwined in human health, planetary health, industry, religion, economies, and world views can raise concerns that cascade across topics, nations, jurisdictions and socio-economic realities. This Lekgotla invites attendees to consider their relations with water, and water bodies generally by sensing the place they are in (LOCATION/SCULPTURE PARK/RIVERSIDE SPACE) and using it to reflect on the waters in their own lives (water bodies, water access, water concerns, relations through water) that they engaged with on a daily basis; through discussion, exploration of the site, and reflection, we invite attendees to engage with water activists, researchers, citizens and potentially some industry representatives to unpack some of the wicked watery challenges faced in Gauteng. Discussions should include drainage and sewerage as part of these relations that make up our waterworlds (see Hastrup’s work), where consideration of wellbeing go hand in hand with water quality, and local knowledges and interventions receive as much attention as technical solutions. This opportunity to reflect on one site, should encourage consideration and reflection on the politics, economics, ecologies, and everyday realities that intersect in considering this scarce resource. We invite attendees to consider with us more sustainable water focused futures for the places we live, in reflection and closing of our meeting.