diff --git a/gvapgsql/pgsqltasks/tasks.py b/gvapgsql/pgsqltasks/tasks.py
index 039b74a..e28c228 100644
--- a/gvapgsql/pgsqltasks/tasks.py
+++ b/gvapgsql/pgsqltasks/tasks.py
@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ This module defines Celery_ tasks to manage PostgreSQL users and databases.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from celery import shared_task
+from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
+
+from gvapgsql import settings
+from psycopg2 import connect
+
+
+_LOGGER = get_task_logger(__name__)
+
+
+def _get_connection():
+    return connect(
+        host=settings.GVAPGSQL_DBADMIN_HOST,
+        port=settings.GVAPGSQL_DBADMIN_PORT,
+        user=settings.GVAPGSQL_DBADMIN_USER,
+        password=settings.GVAPGSQL_DBADMIN_PASSWORD,
+        database='postgres',
+    )
 
 
 @shared_task
@@ -18,6 +35,15 @@ def create_pgsql_user(username, password):
     :rtype: str
 
     """
+    with _get_connection() as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as curs:
+            curs.execute(
+                """
+                CREATE USER %(username)s WITH PASSWORD %(password)s
+                """,
+                {'username': username, 'password': password}
+            )
+
 
 
 @shared_task
@@ -31,6 +57,14 @@ def set_pgsql_userpassword(username, password):
     :rtype: boolean
 
     """
+    with _get_connection() as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as curs:
+            curs.execute(
+                """
+                ALTER ROLE %(username)s WITH PASSWORD %(password)s
+                """,
+                {'username': username, 'password': password}
+            )
 
 
 @shared_task
@@ -43,6 +77,14 @@ def delete_pgsql_user(username):
     :rtype: boolean
 
     """
+    with _get_connection() as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as curs:
+            curs.execute(
+                """
+                DROP ROLE %(username)s
+                """,
+                {'username': username}
+            )
 
 
 @shared_task
@@ -56,17 +98,31 @@ def create_pgsql_database(dbname, username):
     :rtype: str
 
     """
+    with _get_connection() as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as curs:
+            curs.execute(
+                """
+                CREATE DATABASE %(dbname)s OWNER %(username)s
+                """,
+                {'dbname': dbname, 'username': username}
+            )
 
 
 @shared_task
-def delete_pgsql_database(dbname, username):
+def delete_pgsql_database(dbname):
     """
-    This task deletes an existing PostgreSQL database and revokes privileges of
-    the given user on that database.
+    This task deletes an existing PostgreSQL database.
 
     :param str dbname: database name
-    :param str username: the user name of an existing PostgreSQL user
     :return: True if the database has been deleted, False otherwise
     :rtype: boolean
 
     """
+    with _get_connection() as conn:
+        with conn.cursor() as curs:
+            curs.execute(
+                """
+                DROP DATABASE %(dbname)s
+                """,
+                {'dbname': dbname}
+            )