In order to overcome silos and diverging interests, a range of co-ordination mechanisms can be employed at the urban level to enhance policy complementarities. Building on this, cities should foster stakeholder engagement in order to create consensus and ensure the accountability of city managers and service providers to end users and citizens. Stakeholder engagement can help build trust and ownership, secure the willingness to pay for water services, raise awareness on current and future water challenges, manage conflicts on water allocation and set convergent objectives across policy areas.