MCC §20.30.020
When this reclaimed water law applies
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This law requires certain commercial properties to use reclaimed water for irrigation, but not homes. It also encourages using reclaimed water for other purposes. Some users are exempt if federal or state agencies say they can't comply. The law applies in specific Maui areas and where the County provides fill stations.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Scope and applicability
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.
A.
This chapter requires improved commercial property to connect to available reclaimed
water service for irrigation purposes, including golf courses, landscaping, and agricultural
uses, except for properties used for single-family or duplex purposes.
B.
This chapter also encourages the use of reclaimed water for construction, irrigation,
and other suitable purposes through the use of reclaimed water fill stations.
C.
If the State of Hawaiʻi department of health or the Environmental Protection Agency
prohibits any user of reclaimed water from complying with this chapter, that user
is exempt.
D.
Starting January 1, 2039, wastewater effluent produced by the County must meet State
R-1 water standards. The council must appropriate enough funding to the department
to ensure compliance.
E.
This chapter applies only in "Central Maui," "South Maui," and "West Maui" for mandatory
irrigation purposes, as defined by the entire geographic areas shown on figure 6-2
of the Wailuku-Kahului feasibility study dated June 1991, figure 6-2 of the South
Maui water reuse feasibility study dated September 1992, and figure 6-2 of the West
Maui water reuse feasibility study dated May 1992, respectively, and other locations
in Maui County for construction, irrigation, and other suitable purposes where reclaimed
water fill stations are made available by the County.
( Ord. No. 5592 , § 2, 2024; Ord. 3107 § 2, 2002; Ord. 2687 § 3, 1998: Ord. 2525 § 1 (part), 1996)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
Published by the County of Maui through Municode.
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