Haw. Code R. § 13-168-14 - Well construction and pump installation standards

(a) The minimum standards referenced in this section, shall be such as to ensure the safe and sanitary maintenance and operation of wells, the prevention of waste, and the prevention of contamination of ground water aquifers. The standards for well construction specified in The Hawaii Well Construction and Pump Installation Standards, adopted by the Commission on Water Resource Management, and as may be amended, is hereby incorporated by reference.

(b) The minimum standards for the installation of pumps and pumping equipment shall also provide for the installation of devices to measure the amount of ground water being withdrawn from the wells. The Hawaii Well Construction and Pump Installation Standards, as may be amended, is hereby incorporated by reference.

(c) The well construction and pump installation standards referenced in this section shall serve as minimum guidelines and shall be subject to review and modification by the commission.

(d) If any well construction or pump installation standard is violated and as a consequence ground water is wasted or any well is contaminated, the commission, after giving notice of the defect to the owner of the land on which the well is located, and giving such owner a reasonable time to correct the defect, may itself correct the defect and charge the land owner for the cost of such correction. Such cost constitutes a lien on the land until paid. The lien may be foreclosed in any court of competent jurisdiction, and in such foreclosure suit, the court shall allow the commission reasonable attorney's fees.

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Haw. Code R. § 13-168-14

[Eff. MAY 21, 1997] (Auth: HRS § 174C-8) (Imp: HRS § 174C-82, 174C-86)