HAR 11-20 — RULES RELATING TO PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS (§ 11-20-1 to 11-20-100)

(a) General requirements The requirements of this section constitute national primary drinking water regulations This section establishes requirements for filtration and disinfection that are in addition to criteria under which filtration and disinfection are required under secti…

(a) Samples shall be taken by suppliers of water for public water systems using surface water sources in whole or in part. Turbidity measurements shall be made by the Nephelometric Method 2130B cited in the 18th edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewa…

If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions of applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…

(a) Community water systems shall conduct monitoring to determine compliance with the MCLs specified in section 11-20-3 in accordance with this section. Non-transient, non-community water systems shall conduct monitoring to determine compliance with the MCLs specified in section …

(a) (Reserved) (b) (Reserved) (c) (Reserved) (d) (Reserved) (e) Analysis for the contaminants in section 11-20-4(d) and (e) shall be conducted using the EPA methods cited in 40 C.F.R. § 141.24(e), or alternative methods listed in Appendix A to Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-13 R 11/28/11

With the written permission of the director, concurred with by the administrator, an alternative analytical technique may be employed An alternative technique shall be acceptable only if it is substantially equivalent to the prescribed test in both precision and accuracy as it re…

(a) For the purpose of determining compliance with sections 11-20-9 through 11-20-14, 11-20-34, 11-20-35, 11-20-46(d), 11-20-48, and 11-20-50, samples may be considered only if they have been analyzed by a laboratory certified by the director as specified in EPA 815-R-05-004 "Man…

When a public water system supplies water to one or more other public water systems, the director may modify the monitoring requirements imposed by this chapter to the extent that the interconnection of the public water systems justifies treating them as a single public water sys…

(a) Except where a shorter period is specified in this chapter, the supplier of water shall report to the director the results of any test measurements or analysis required by this chapter: (1) Within the first ten days following the month in which the result is received; or (2) …

(a) Public water systems shall give notice as described below. (1) Each owner or operator of a public water system (community water systems, non-transient non-community water systems, and transient non-community water systems) must give notice for all violations of national prima…

(a) Any supplier of water of a public water system subject to the provisions of this chapter shall retain on its premises or at a convenient location near its premises the following records. (b) Records of microbiological analyses and turbidity analyses made pursuant to this chap…

(a) General Requirements(1) The requirements of this section constitute national primary drinking water regulations. The regulations in this section establish or extend treatment technique requirements in lieu of maximum contaminant levels for Cryptosporidium. These requirements …

(a) The director may grant one or more variances to any public water system from any MCL requirement of an applicable state primary drinking water regulation upon a finding that: (1) Because of characteristics of the raw water sources which are reasonably available to the public …

(a) A supplier of water seeking a variance shall submit a written request to the director. Suppliers of water may submit a joint request for variances when they seek similar variances under similar circumstances. Any written request for a variance or variances shall include the f…

(a) In the director's consideration of whether the public water system is unable to comply with a contaminant level requirement of a state primary drinking water regulation because of the nature of the raw water source, the director shall consider such factors as he considers to …

(a) The director may exempt any public water system from any MCL requirement or any treatment technique requirement, or from both, of an applicable state primary drinking water regulation upon a finding that:(1) Due to compelling factors (which may include economic factors), the …

A supplier of water seeking an exemption shall submit a written request to the director. Suppliers of water may submit a joint request for exemptions when they seek similar exemptions under similar circumstances. Any written request for an exemption or exemptions shall include th…

In the director's consideration of whether the public water system is unable to comply due to compelling factors, the director shall consider such factors as the director determines to be relevant, including the following: (1) Construction, installation, or modification of treatm…

(a) If the director determines that a request for a variance or exemption is inadequate or incomplete, the director may deny the request. If the director fails to act on a variance or exemption request within one hundred eighty days after the request is submitted, the request wil…

(a) Before a variance, variance schedule, or exemption schedule proposed by the director pursuant to section 11-20-26 may take effect, the director shall provide notice and opportunity for public hearing on the variance, variance schedule, or exemption schedule. A notice given pu…

(a) Within sixty days after the termination of any public hearing held pursuant to section 11-20-27, the director shall, taking into consideration information obtained during such hearing, and other relevant information which shall include any written comments submitted pursuant …

(a) No person shall use a new source of raw water to supply a public water system unless the source and its treatment facilities, if any, have been approved by the director. (b) Any person proposing to use a new raw water source to supply a public water system shall submit plans,…

(a) General Requirements. (1) The requirements of this section constitute national primary drinking water regulations. The regulations in this section establish monitoring and other requirements for achieving compliance with maximum contaminant levels based on locational running …

(a) No new public water system shall be constructed or used to deliver water to any user and no existing public water system shall be substantially modified nor shall the substantial modification be used to deliver water to any user until the new public water system or the substa…

(a) Before any person, other than a county department or board of water or water supply, may use a truck to deliver drinking water to supply a public water system, such person shall first notify the director and shall comply with procedures specified by the director to ensure tha…

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any variance or exemption issued pursuant thereto, shall be subject to enforcement action by the director pursuant to section 340E-8, HRS. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-32 [Eff 12/26/81; comp 3/7/92; comp 1/2/93; am and comp …

The director shall have the right: (1) To enter premises on which any public water system is located; (2) To inspect any equipment, operation, or sampling of any public water system; (3) To take water samples from any public water system; and (4) To have access to and copy any re…

(a) Suppliers of water for community public water systems shall collect and analyze one sample per plant at the entry point of the distribution system for the determination of sodium concentration levels; samples shall be collected and analyzed annually for public water systems u…

(a) (Reserved) (b) (Reserved) (c) (Reserved) (d) Community water supply systems shall identify whether the following construction materials are present in their distribution system and report to the department: (1) Lead from piping, solder, caulking, interior lining of distributi…

(a) The requirements of this section apply only to owners and operators of a public water system required to monitor for unregulated contaminants under 40 C.F.R. § 141.40. (b) Public water systems monitoring for unregulated contaminants under 40 C.F.R. § 141.40 must comply with t…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-37 R 11/30/02

(a) No supplier of water shall directly or indirectly add any chemical, material, or product to the drinking water supplied by a public water systems unless the chemical, material, or product has been tested and certified as meeting the specifications of American National Standar…

(a) Suppliers of community public water systems shall comply with section 11-20-34 monitoring requirements by February 27, 1982. Said suppliers shall complete the first round of sampling and reporting by August 27, 1981. (b) Suppliers of community public water systems shall compl…

The following are the MCLs for organic chemicals. (a) (Reserved) (b) (Reserved) (c) (Reserved) (d) The following MCLs for organic contaminants apply to community and non-transient, non-community water systems. Contaminant MCL (mg/ L) CAS. No. (1) Benzene 0.005 71-43-2 (2) Carbon …

(a) Supplier of water may use point-of-entry devices to comply with MCLs only if they meet all the requirements of this section. (b) The supplier of water has the responsibility to operate and maintain the point-of-entry treatment system. (c) The supplier of water shall develop a…

The supplier of water shall not use bottled water or point-of-use devices to achieve compliance with an MCL. Bottled water or point-of-use devices may be used on a temporary basis to avoid an unreasonable risk to health. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-41 [Eff 12/26/81; comp 3/7/92; c…

(a) The director may require the supplier of water to use bottled water or point-of-use devices as a condition for granting an exemption from the requirements of section 11-20-4(d). (b) The supplier of water that uses bottled water as a condition of obtaining an exemption from th…

(a) The following is the best technology, treatment techniques, or other means available for achieving compliance with the MCLs for synthetic organic chemicals: Removal using packed tower aeration; removal using granular activated carbon (except for vinyl chloride). (b) Community…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-44 R 1/2/93

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-45 R 11/28/11

(a) General requirements This section, also known as the Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR), establishes criteria under which filtration is required as treatment for public water systems supplied by either a surface water source or by a ground water source under the direct influ…

Each public water system must certify annually in writing to the director (using third party or manufacturer's certification) that when acrylamide and epichlorohydrin are used in drinking water systems, the combination (or product) of dose and monomer level does not exceed the le…

The national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper, adopted under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and appearing at 40 C.F.R. Part 141, Subpart I, §§141.43, 141.80, 141.81, 141.82, 141.83, 141.84, 141.85, 141.86, 141.87, 141.88, 141.89, 141.90, and 141.91 are made a …

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-20-49 R 11/28/11

(a) The national primary drinking water regulations for consumer confidence reports, adopted under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and appearing at 40 C.F.R. Part 141, Subpart O; Subpart O, Appendix A; §§141.151(a) through (d), (f); 141.152(b) through (d), 141.153, 141.154, and 141.…

(a) General requirements and applicability. (1) Scope of this section. The requirements of this section constitute National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. (2) Applicability. This section applies to all public water systems that use ground water except that it does not apply …

Notes Haw. Code R. §§ 11-20-51 to 11-20-99

(a) Beginning April 1, 2016, a system is in compliance with the MCL for E. coli for samples taken under the provisions of section 11-20-9.1 unless any of the conditions identified in paragraphs (1) through 4) occur. For purposes of the public notification requirements in section …

(a) (Reserved) (b) MCL for combined radium-226 and -228 The maximum contaminant level for combined radium-226 and radium-228 is 5 pCi/L. The combined radium-226 and radium-228 value is determined by the addition of the results of the analysis for radium-226 and the analysis for r…