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Water Quality Guide · Southern Utah

Red rock country
runs hard.

St. George, Cedar City, and the Washington County towns — what’s really flowing from your tap, told straight.

The short answer

Southern Utah is served by the Virgin River, the Quail Creek and Sand Hollow reservoirs, and deep desert wells. It’s clean, safe, disinfected water — and it runs notably hard and high in minerals, the way desert groundwater tends to. You feel it on your skin and see it on every fixture.

What’s really in Southern Utah’s water.

Where it comes from

The Virgin River, Quail Creek and Sand Hollow reservoirs, and deep wells drawing from desert aquifers across Washington and Iron counties.

Some of Utah’s hardest water

Desert groundwater carries a heavy mineral load. Southern Utah’s water is notably hard — scale on fixtures, spots on glass, and film on skin come with the territory.

Chlorinated for the trip to you

Chlorine is added to keep water safe across long desert distribution lines — safe and effective, but often noticeable in taste and smell.

What that means at home

Hard water in the desert is relentless on fixtures and appliances, dries skin and hair, and sends many homes straight to bottled water.

What whole-home filtration changes

A Project 60 whole-home system is built for water like this. Installed on your main line, it removes the chlorine and helps with the desert hardness that scales fixtures and spots glassware — at every tap in the house.

Serving St. George · Cedar City · Washington · Hurricane · Santa Clara · Ivins

Southern Utah water, answered.

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