HAR §15-319-23
HAR §15-319-23. Service connection or disconnection
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Cite as Haw. Code R. § 15-319-23
(a)
Only employees or agents of the corporation will
be allowed to connect or disconnect the service
connection to and from the corporation's main.
(b)
No service connection or main will be
installed by the corporation in any private road,
lane, street, alley, court or place, unless the
corporation is given proper easements or other rights
satisfactory to the corporation for the main or
service connection.
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(c)
All meters shall be installed in locations
approved by the corporation.
All service connections
are for the use of the corporation only.
(d)
When the proper size of service connection
for any premises has been determined and the
installation has been made, the corporation has
fulfilled its obligations insofar as the size and
location of the service connection are concerned.
If
thereafter the consumer desires and the corporation
approves a change in the size or location of the
service connection, the consumer shall bear all costs
of the change.
(e)
A readily accessible shut-off valve
controlling all outlets at the consumer's premises
shall be installed by and at the expense of the
consumer on the consumer's supply pipe, unless the
corporation approves otherwise in writing.
(f)
All work and materials in connection with a
change in location or elevation or alteration of any
kind to any part of the existing water system made
necessary by a new service connection shall be done
and furnished by the corporation at the expense of the
consumer. A consumer, prior to making any material
change in the size, character, or extent of the
equipment or operations for which the corporation's
service is utilized, shall give the corporation
written notice of the extent and nature of the change
together with the plans and specifications, not less
than sixty days before the change is to be undertaken.
The change shall be subject to the corporation's
written approval, which approval may be contingent
upon the consumer's prepayment of the cost of any
alteration to the corporation's water system.
The
corporation's failure to approve or disapprove the
change within sixty days after receipt of written
notice thereof shall be construed as approval.
(g)
When required by the corporation, contours
or elevations shall be furnished by the consumer,
based upon data provided by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey or the applicable county.
(h)
The corporation will determine the location
and size of all meters and service connections to the
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