When new sewer connections are stopped

A. If at any time the director determines, based upon the total of (1) benchmark wastewater flow received at a regional wastewater treatment plant and (2) anticipated flows from developments for which permits have already been issued, that the regional wastewater treatment plant concerned has reached its design capacity, the director shall not permit further connection to the regional wastewater treatment system concerned. The director shall, further, restrict connection to the public wastewater treatment system where the collection system is inadequate to accommodate additional wastewater. The director may continue to process and issue building permits and subdivision applications, provided the applicant and land owner(s) understand and agree in writing that connection to the public wastewater treatment system shall not be permitted until such time as the wastewater treatment system is able to accommodate the wastewater flows from such applicant's development. A certificate of occupancy for any development that generates wastewater flows shall be issued only if either (1) wastewater flows can be accommodated by the regional wastewater treatment system, or (2) a private wastewater treatment system or individual wastewater treatment system which has been approved by the State of Hawaii department of health, has been constructed. B. After making the determination identified in subsection A of this section as to (1) whether the regional wastewater treatment plant has reached its design capacity or (2) whether the collection system is inadequate to accommodate additional wastewater, the director shall provide the council, within ten working days, the engineering and other technical data upon which said director based the determinations so made. C. For purposes of this chapter, the following shall apply: 1. Regional wastewater treatment system design capacity: a. Kihei wastewater treatment plant—4.0 million gallons per day. 2. Benchmark wastewater flow: a. Kihei wastewater treatment plant—3.2 million gallons per day. (Ord. 1787 § 3 (part), 1989)