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Don we just returned from a two week trip in SW UT. While we didn't boondock this time around, staying in BLM designated campgrounds the entire time but were off the grid for the entire two weeks. Obtaining water is easier than you might think. There is a nice BLM campground just outside Bluff called Sand Island that has water, also you can get water at the visitors center in Arches, as well as Windwhistle BLM near the Needles Overlook area. There are a number of BLM campgrounds along the CO River corridor both north and south of Highway 191 but none of those have water, but you can get all you need also at the Lions Park at the junction of Highway 191 and the road that takes you up to Castle Valley. Sorry can't recall the number of that one. Those are the only BLM campgrounds I've seen that do not have running water in SW UT. We do not drink or cook with water from our fresh water holding tanks but carry two 5 gal BPA free water jugs with us, plus another 1 gal jug inside the truck on day outings. It took us the entire two weeks to go through the 10 gals of drinking/cooking water we brought along but understand too it was unseasonably cool during most of our stay and rained for a few days so need were not as severe as they normally would have been. Had the days been as sunny and hot as normal our intake could have been twice this amount. I would figure 1 gal a day person to be on the save side in normal summer weather. Hopefully this helps.