Haw. Code R. § 4-157-8 - Meter reading and rendering of bill
(a) Meters or water
flow measuring instruments are read and bills are rendered monthly. Special
readings will be made when necessary for closing of accounts or when otherwise
required. Consumers using the system to water animals or herds of livestock
shall be billed in the same manner and at the same rate as agricultural and
aquacultural consumers. Irrigation water delivered by ditches to the consumer
shall be measured at weirs at the point or points of delivery to the consumer's
land. The agents or employees of the board shall take readings from the weirs
at least once during the period of delivery of the irrigation water and the
readings taken shall be used by the board to determined the amount of
irrigation water delivered. If the board does not deliver the amount of
irrigation water requested by the consumer, its agent or employee shall notify
the consumer at that time of the amount of water delivered. All protests by the
consumer shall be made within seven days of the date of delivery. If no protest
is made by the consumer within that period, the amount of irrigation water
determined by the board to have been delivered, from its readings pursuant to
this section, shall be deemed conclusive.
(b) Closing bills for periods shorter than
the standard billing cycle will ordinarily be determined by the amount of water
actually used as indicated by the meter reading, plus the acreage assessment
for the full billing cycle.
(c) For
the purpose of computing charges, all meters serving the consumer's premises
shall be considered separately and the readings thereof shall not be
combined.
(d) All notices and bills
for water charges shall be mailed by the department to the consumer at the
address of the consumer stated in the consumer's application until the
department is notified in writing by the consumer of a new address. It shall be
the responsibility of the consumer to report a change of address or ownership
to the department; if the consumer fails to report a change in address or
ownership, the consumer shall continue to be liable for all charges and
interest that accrue on the account.
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