HAR §11-62-03. plant uptake to dispose of treated effluent through surface evaporation and plant transpiration

"Exceptional quality sludge" means wastewater sludge that has been treated to a level specified in this chapter in which it may be used with little or no restrictions for land application. "Existing" means constructed under a valid county permit or with written approval from the director before the effective date of this rule. "Filter fabric" means a woven or spun-bonded sheet material used to impede or prevent the movement of sand, silt and clay through the filter material. This material shall be non-biodegradable, resistant to acids and alkalies within a pH range of 4 to 10, and resistant to common solvents. "Grab sample" means a single discrete sample of wastewater collected at a particular time and place which represents the composition of the source at that time and place. "Graywater" shall have the same meaning as defined in HRS section 342D-1. "Haul" means the transport of an item by vehicle or boat. "Holding tank" means a nonportable, watertight closed vault used or designed to temporarily hold domestic wastewater. "Household aerobic unit" means an individual wastewater system which receives domestic wastewater from dwellings or from other sources generating wastewater of a similar volume and strength, and retains solids, aerobically digests organic matter over a period of time, and allows the clarified effluent to discharge outside the tank into a disposal system. "Individual permit" means a document issued under this rule to a specific person for a specific facility, or practice to generate, treat, use, dispose, or discharge of wastewater and wastewater sludge at a specific location. "Individual wastewater systems" means facilities, such as septic systems, aerobic treatment units, and cesspools, that are not connected to a sewer and are used and designed to receive and dispose of: 62-11 3176 §11-62-03 (1) No more than one thousand gallons per day of domestic wastewater; or (2) Greater than one thousand gallons per day of domestic wastewater from buildings with highly variable flows. "Injection well" has the same meaning as defined in chapter 11-23. "Land application" means the spraying or spreading of wastewater sludge onto the land surface, the injection of wastewater sludge below the land surface, or the incorporation of wastewater sludge into the soil such that the wastewater sludge can either condition the soil or fertilize crops or vegetation grown in the soil. "Large capacity cesspool" means a cesspool that serves more than one residential dwelling or, for a non-residential cesspool, has the capacity to serve twenty or more persons per day. "Living area" means the portion(s) of a dwelling unit including, but not limited to, the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room, family room, covered lanai, den, and library, but excluding the garage, carport, open lanai, fence, and utility shed. "Makai" means toward the sea or the area outside the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Line encircling the protected aquifer. "Manual of Septic Tank Practice" means the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare Publication No. (HSM) 72-10020, formerly known as "PHS Publication No. 526", revised in 1967. "Modal time" means the amount of time elapsed between the time that a tracer, such as salt or dye, is injected into the influent at the entrance to a chamber and the time that the highest concentration of the tracer is observed in water where it is discharged from the chamber. "Mound system" means a soil absorption system which is installed in or below an artificially created mound or earth. "MPN" means most probable number. "New" means constructed on or after the effective date of this chapter. "Non-domestic wastewater" means all wastewater 62-12 3176 1