Cutaway illustration of two fenced steel water tanks near Trailer Village on the Grand Canyon South Rim, with labeled pipes showing water arriving from the Transcanyon Waterline and flowing out to a treatment plant

South Rim Water Tanks: Storage, Stage 4, and the 2026 Water Emergency

Two fenced tanks near Trailer Village hold all the South Rim’s water. In 2025-2026 they ran low four separate times.

September 23, 2026 · 9 min · 1743 words · Justin