I think Utah is the second driest state in the nation but many of the cities are located at the foot of some of the mountains and if we get decent winter snow that is where our water comes from. We have what we call a secondary water system that is not clean enough to drink but is fine for the garden. I think it is about $25 a month and isn't metered. We can water every other day...I'm Tues, Thurs, and Sat I do the front and side yards one day and the back yard another. If we have several dry winters in a row we may be in trouble. I don't know how I kept up my garen when I worked full time.