Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 62 - WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Subchapter 1 - PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 11-62-06 - General requirements

Current through June, 2024
Owners shall comply with these requirements:
(a) All buildings used or occupied as a
				  dwelling, all public buildings, and all buildings and places of assembly
				  generating wastewater or with toilets, sinks, drains, or other plumbing
				  fixtures capable of conveying wastewater, shall be connected to a wastewater
				  system. In addition, any new building capable of generating wastewater shall be
				  connected to a wastewater system which meets the requirements of this
				  rule.
(b) All buildings and places
				  of assembly generating wastewater or with toilets, sinks, drains, or other
				  plumbing fixtures capable of conveying wastewater and located within or near an
				  available public sewer system as determined by the director, shall connect to
				  the public sewer.
(c) All
				  wastewater systems shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in
				  accordance with this chapter.
(d)
				  Operation and maintenance. All wastewater systems and parts thereof that are
				  installed or used by persons to achieve compliance with this chapter and the
				  conditions of any department approval for use issued under this rule shall at
				  all times be properly operated and maintained. Proper operation and maintenance
				  includes adequate laboratory controls and appropriate quality assurance
				  procedures as specified by the director. Effluent testing for private
				  wastewater systems shall be performed by an independent laboratory. Proper
				  operation and maintenance also includes operation of any required back-up or
				  auxiliary facilities or similar systems as specified by the director to be
				  installed to achieve compliance with this chapter and the conditions of any
				  department approval for use issued under this chapter.
(e) No holding tank, except for public
				  facilities, and no privy shall be used. No portable toilets shall be used for
				  any permanent structure unless approved by the director.
(f) No person or the owner shall cause or
				  allow any wastewater system to create or contribute to any of the following:
(1) Human illness,-
(2) Public health hazard;
(3) Nuisance;
(4) Unsanitary condition;
(5) Wastewater spill, overflow, or discharge
				  into surface waters or the contamination or pollution of state waters, except
				  in compliance with a permit or variance issued under chapter
				  11-55, or a water quality
				  certification or waiver obtained under chapter
				  11-54;
(6) A wastewater spill, overflow, or
				  discharge (spill) onto the ground, except for R-1 water from a recycled water
				  system that is implementing BMPs approved by the director. The burden of proof
				  is on the recycled water system's owner or operator to demonstrate that the
				  spill qualifies for this exception;
(7) Harborage of vectors, including insects
				  and rodents;
(8) Foul or noxious
				  odors;
(9) Public safety hazard;
				  or
(10) Contamination, pollution,
				  or endangerment of drinking waters, except in compliance with a permit issued
				  under chapter
				  11-23.