Water is one of the most essential resources on the planet and shapes entire ecosystems. Across the western United States, thousands of artificial water sources have been installed to assist wildlife populations in arid environments. It has been reported that kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis) can live independently of free-drinking water, but coyotes (Canis latrans) would have to more than triple their intake of prey biomass to meet energy re-quirements. However, previous researchers discovered no change in coyote space use, nor were survival rates of coyotes influenced by the removal of water sources. We predicted coyote diets in the treatment areas (i.e., water removed) would show an increase in leporids, as a source of preformed water after the water removal to compensate for the lack of free water. However, we found no evidence of a dietary shift by coyotes towards large -bodied prey (i.e., leporids) after water sources were removed; occurrence of leporids in the coyote diet decreased after water removal in both the control and treatment areas. Based on this study and previous research in Utah's west desert, coyotes in the Great Basin ecosystem were not influenced by artificial water sources in a spatial, demographic, or dietary capacity.