MCC §14.27.020
Wastewater system inspection and testing
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section requires private wastewater systems to be inspected and tested before connecting to the public system, and existing systems may be tested if the director thinks it's needed. The owner pays for the tests, and the department must witness sample collection. If the test shows too much leakage, the owner must fix it within 30 days.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Inspection and testing
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
All new and private wastewater systems shall be inspected by the department and tested
by a State Department of Health certified laboratory at the owner's expense for ground
water infiltration/exfiltration, which shall not exceed the rate of two hundred gallons
per day per inch of diameter of pipe per mile of pipe, before connection is made to
the public wastewater system. Existing private wastewater systems connected to the
public wastewater system shall be inspected by the department and tested by a State
Department of Health certified laboratory at the owner's expense for excessive infiltration/exfiltration
whenever deemed necessary by the director. Sample collection shall be witnessed by
the department. If the rate of infiltration/exfiltration is excessive, the owner shall
effectuate remedial measures within thirty days after notification by the department.
(Ord. 2323 § 10 (part), 1994)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
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