Haw. Code R. § 13-170-2 - Formulation of the Hawaii water plan
(a) The commission
shall formulate an integrated program for the protection, conservation, and
management of the waters of the state. This program, with such amendments,
supplements, and additions as may be necessary, shall be known as the Hawaii
water plan. The Hawaii Water Plan shall serve as a continuing long-range guide
for water resource management. The contents of the Hawaii water plan shall
consist of the following elements:
(1) Water
resource protection;
(2) Water use
and development;
(3) State water
projects; and
(4) Water
quality.
(b) The Hawaii
water plan shall be directed toward the achievement of the following
objectives:
(1) The attainment of maximum
reasonable-beneficial use of water.
(2) The proper conservation and development
of the waters of the state;
(3) The
control of the waters of the state for such public purposes as navigation,
drainage, sanitation, and flood control;
(4) The attainment of adequate water quality
as expressed in the state water resource protection and water quality plans;
and
(5) The implementation of the
water resources policies expressed in chapter 174C, HRS.
(c) In preparing the Hawaii water plan each
county shall be divided into sections which shall conform as closely as
practicable to hydrologic units. The plan shall describe and inventory the
following information within each designated hydrologic unit:
(1) All water resources and water
systems.
(2) All present
uses.
(3) Sustainable yield. (The
sustainable yield shall be determined using the best available information and
shall be reviewed periodically. Where appropriate the sustainable yield may be
determined to reflect seasonal variation.)
(4) Potential threats to water
resources.
(5) Instream use and
protection program for the surface watercourses in the area.
(d) Respective portions of the
water resource protection plan, water quality plan, state water projects plan,
and the water use and development plans of each county, shall be developed
together to achieve maximum coordination and consistency. The development of
the Hawaii water plan or any portion thereof shall proceed in coordination with
and with attention to the Hawaii state plan described in chapter 226,
HRS.
(e) The Hawaii water plan and
its constituent parts, except for the water quality plan, shall be adopted by
the commission not later than July 1, 1990. The commission shall receive the
water quality plan from the department of health as soon as possible, and
incorporate this part in the Hawaii water plan.
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