HCC §12-22

Water system construction oversight and cost sharing

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When a special improvement project includes building or fixing a water system, the water department must inspect the work to make sure it follows the approved plans. After the work is done and accepted, the water system becomes part of the department's system, and the department runs and maintains it. The department may also pay up to one-third of the construction costs for engineering, incidentals, and inspection.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Construction of water system; inspections; costs borne by

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

County. (a) If any proposed special improvement includes the construction or improvement of a water system, the department of water supply shall maintain an inspector over the work to see that the plans and specifications which it has furnished have been complied with. After the work has been completed and accepted, the water system, pipes, conduits, hydrants, and other appurtenances for supplying or distributing water so installed shall constitute a part of the system of the department of water supply and shall at all times thereafter be used, operated and maintained by it as a part of its system. (b) If any proposed special improvement includes the construction or improvement of a water system, the department of water supply may assume and pay out of its funds available for such purpose, the cost of engineering, incidentals and inspection, not to exceed thirty-three and one-third percent of the total cost of the construction or improvement of such water system.

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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