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( Mark One ) X UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , DC 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) Commission File Number : 001-37756 Global Water Resources , Inc. ( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter ) 21410 N. 19th Avenue # 220 Phoenix , Arizona ( Address of principal executive offices ) to Title of Each Class Common Stock , par value $ 0.01 per share X 90-0632193 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 85027 ( Zip Code ) Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 480 ) 360-7775 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered The NASDAQ Stock Market , LLC GWRS Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None . Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes x No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes x No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . x Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . x Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company | X X If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes x No The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter ( June 30 , 2020 ) was $ 133.5 million based upon the closing sale price of the registrant's common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market . As of March 1 , 2021 , the registrant had 22,587,766 shares of common stock , $ 0.01 par value per share , outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE The information required by Part III of this Form 10 - K , to the extent not set forth herein , is incorporated herein by reference to the registrant's definitive proxy statement relating to the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the end of the registrant's fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 .