Ranch girl, holy cow, i've never heard of such a thing...i always thought you dig a well on your property the water is yours....that's astounding news to me. sorry you have to pay for your water. i'd be curious as what other states have the same rule as in colorado. i'm not familiar with hp pumps...just gallons/minute...the one you paid 4500 bucks for ....how many gallons/minute is that one? the well drilling guy around here told me that for a house, you want 10 gallons/minute pump for every 2 bathrooms in a house. he said that pump was around 800 bucks, the 20 gal/min 900 or so and the 30 gal/min 980 bucks or so. anyway, just curious.