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Given all this, do I have legal grounds to force the owner of the other property to split the cost of a new water line?
No. You bought the house, presumably knowing that there was only one water line and one meter for both houses. This was something you should have addressed as part of your purchase contract. You are probably stuck with the status quo unless you want to spend more on litigation than you would spend on a new meter and water line.

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I would think it is illegal for the other owner to provide his tenants water which I am essentially paying for.
Nope. Perfectly legal. No law against it. It's not even a civil wrong. You agreed on a 50/50 split without taking into consideration who uses what. That's a contract. To modify the contract you need the agreement of both owners.

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Please let me know what i can do, this gets under my skin everyday as I wake up to water gushing through pipes that I am essentially paying for.
Let's put this into perspective.

How much is the water bill each month? Give me a dollar amount. If it varies, give me the monthly average.

In whose name is the water account?