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HRS §340E-7

Prohibited acts

This section lists things water suppliers and other people cannot do under Hawaii's drinking water laws. It covers breaking rules, permits, emergency plans, orders, inspections, lead-free plumbing, and capacity rules. It also bans false information about required notices or cleanup actions.

businesses

The statute, as written — Prohibited acts

(a) No supplier of water shall violate any rule adopted pursuant to section 340E-2. (b) No supplier of water shall violate any condition or provision of a variance, exemption, permit, or other written authorization issued under this part. (c) No supplier of water shall violate any requirement of an emergency plan promulgated pursuant to section 340E-5. (d) No supplier of water shall violate any rule adopted under section 340E-6 or disseminate any false or misleading information with respect to notices required pursuant to section 340E-6 or with respect to remedial actions undertaken to achieve compliance with state primary drinking water regulations. (e) No person shall violate any order issued by the director pursuant to this part. (f) No person shall cause a public water system to violate the state primary drinking water regulations. (g) No person shall violate underground injection control rules adopted pursuant to this part. (h) No person shall fail or refuse to comply with the director's authority to inspect the premises of a supplier of water pursuant to section 340E-4.6. (i) No person shall install or repair any public water system or any plumbing in a residential or nonresidential facility providing water for human consumption which is connected to a public water system with any pipe, solder, flux, plumbing fittings, or fixtures that are not lead free. "Lead free" with respect to solders and flux means containing not more than 0.2 per cent lead, with respect to pipes and pipe fittings means containing not more than 8.0 per cent lead and with respect to plumbing fittings and fixtures means those in compliance with National Sanitation Foundation Standard 61, section 9. This subsection shall not apply to leaded joints necessary for the repair of cast iron pipes. (j) No person shall violate rules on public water system capacity adopted pursuant to this part.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§340E-6 When water systems must tell users and the department

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