Abstract: The preferred drinking water pumping system is for receiving and storing drinking water from an outside source and for delivering the drinking water under pressure to a drinking water faucet or the like. A refillable drinking water storage tank provides the drinking water for a water pump that delivers the drinking water to a pressure tank for storing a variable amount of drinking water therein. Use of the drinking water faucet or the like reduces the volume of drinking water in the pressure tank that will be restored by the water pump as needed. The drinking water storage tank includes water level sensors to provide remote indication when the level of drinking water is low and to protect the water pump prior to the drinking water in the drinking water storage tank being expended.