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ROH §43-6.4

Submetering nonsewer water for residential users

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Residential users can ask the director for permission to install their own water meter to measure water that doesn't go into the sewer. The property owner must pay for plumbing to separate water types and place the meter near the main meter, with the director's approval.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Determination of residential user discharge

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Residential users may, upon request to the director and the director’s approval, be permitted to install and maintain at the user’s expense, a water meter for submetering nonsewer water. The property owner shall, at the owner’s expense, do any necessary plumbing, subject to departmental inspection, to separate the types of water use and shall provide for the meter to be located adjacent to the primary water meter and within the public right-of-way or at a location approved by the director.
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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