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One of Utah's most valuable resources is the high-quality groundwater available throughout most of the state.  Virtually all of Utah's municipal waterworks systems have access to springs and wells.  Although Utah is located in an arid region, the mountain watershed areas, which feed the state's natural and man-made storage systems, receive up to 60 inches of precipitation annually.  The yield from the Utah watershed is combined with yield from rivers that flow through Utah to provide a sufficient water supply to meet the needs of an expanding economy.

Utah's water is supplied to users by a number of improvement districts, water districts and local communities.  A comparison of monthly water charges of selected western states is shown below.