Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 8 - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › Chapter 157 - RULES GOVERNING IRRIGATION WATER SERVICE TO CONSUMERS OF HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Section 4-157-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter unless otherwise provided:
"Acreage assessment" means any levy imposed pursuant to this
				  chapter on the agricultural land and pastureland within an irrigation project
				  and any amount charged by the State for the purpose of acquiring, establishing,
				  or maintaining irrigation facilities for an irrigation project.
"Actual need" means the volume of irrigation water consumed
				  by an irrigation customer. The volume of irrigation water shall be actual use
				  as determined by monthly meter readings or as otherwise provided in these
				  rules.
"Administrator-chief engineer" means the person holding the
				  office of administrator and chief engineer of the division of agricultural
				  resource management of the department acting directly or through authorized
				  assistants including the irrigation district manager.
"Board" means the board of agriculture of the State of
				  Hawaii, which is the governing body of the department of agriculture.
"Consumer" means the person, firm, corporation, partnership,
				  association, or any public or private organization, whether owner, tenant, or
				  lessee, whose name appears on the records of the department as responsible and
				  liable for receiving irrigation water service from the board.
"Consumer's supply pipe" means the pipe extending from the
				  consumer's end of the service connection to the consumer's service
				  areas.
"Cost of service connection" means the sum of the cost of the
				  service connection materials, labor, transportation, equipment, and road
				  repair, if any, and other incidental charges necessary for the complete
				  installation of a service connection.
"Department" means the department of agriculture.
"Irrigation system" or "system" means the intakes, ditches,
				  flumes, weirs, siphons, reservoirs, tunnels, pipelines, valves, pumps, and
				  controls, and other elements comprising an irrigation system operated by the
				  board to serve the lands within an irrigation district as defined by the
				  board.
"Irrigation district manager means the person holding the
				  office of irrigation district manager for a particular irrigation system of the
				  department acting directly or through authorized assistants.
"Livestock" means any animal which is pastured within the
				  boundaries of the project and uses the system. Not all irrigation systems have
				  pastureland and livestock that are recognized by the department. Therefore, any
				  references to livestock, pastureland, pasturing, pastoral, herds, livestock
				  watering, and livestock drinking water are only applicable and valid for
				  irrigation systems with pastureland and livestock that are officially
				  recognized within these rules.
"Main" or "main pipe" means the supply or distribution pipe
				  to which service connections are made.
"Measuring device" means a weir, meter, or other suitable
				  means for measuring the amount of water received by the consumer from the
				  irrigation system.
"Pastureland" means agricultural land within an irrigation
				  system that is used for grazing livestock. Only areas identified in section
				  4-157-3(1) are
				  eligible for pastureland designations.
"Project", "district", "irrigation district", or "irrigation
				  project" means the area, contiguous or noncontiguous, established under chapter
				  167, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be served by a unique and specific department
				  of agriculture irrigation system.
"Service connection" means the tap, pipe, fittings, and
				  valves from the mains to and including the meter.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"Temporary irrigation system or district" means any
				  irrigation system that is in the process of being constructed by the
				  department.
"Water charges" means the sum of the water tolls and acreage
				  assessments which may include credits as may be applicable.
"Water tolls" means all of the charges established by the
				  board for irrigation water and livestock drinking water supplied by it to
				  consumers.
"Weir" means any device which allows the measurement of a
				  quantity of irrigation water being delivered.