HRS §340E-5
Emergency drinking water plan and actions
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗The state's health director must create a plan for providing safe drinking water during emergencies. If the director decides an emergency exists, the director can take needed actions to supply water where it is not otherwise available.
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The statute, as written — Plan for emergency provision of water
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The director shall promulgate a plan for the provision of safe drinking water under emergency circumstances. When the director determines that emergency circumstances exist in the State with respect to a need for safe drinking water, the director may take such actions as necessary to provide water where it otherwise would not be available.
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