The fact that Free State rates in the bottom three provinces in the country for water quality and supply, along with Northern Cape and Mpumalanga, shows the total neglect of this crisis by the provincial government. The Blue Drop Report of 2012 indicates Free State’s Provincial Blue Drop at 73.6%. This essentially means the province’s compliance levels are too low – water that is safe for drinking should score 95%. Research has indicated that 26 towns in the Free State either had no water at all or limited access to water as well as safety problems with water hygiene. No town received the required score for quality water and some towns have such low scores that the conditions there can only be described as severe health hazard. There hasn’t been much difference between the 2011 and 2012 scores there is concern with regards to the slow pace of government in dealing with this situation.