Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS
Chapter 4.1 - MANAGEMENT OF WATER SYSTEMS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10-4.1-25 - Electrical grounding
Current through February, 2024
(a) Protective grounding of alternating current secondary distribution circuits made to the water system shall conform in all details with the national electrical code of the national board of fire underwriters and with the county building code where the water system is located.
(b) The department shall not be responsible for any damage or injury caused by any electrical grounding.
(c) No grounding of direct current to any portion of the water system shall be permitted.
(d) No grounding other than as provided in this section shall be made to any portion of the water system without the department's written approval.
(e) The department shall not be responsible for the maintaining of a continuous metallic water piping system and reserves the right, without liability to public utility electric companies, electric consumers, or any other agency, consumer, or individual, to create a physical break in its service laterals and mains, or to incorporate non-metallic pipes and appurtenances in its system and to make joints of any materials, without regard to their efficiency as conductors of electricity and without giving notice.