Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 19 - EMERGENCY PLAN FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER
Section 11-19-4 - Responsibilities in emergency circumstances involving drinking water
Current through February, 2024
The primary responsibilities of DOH on all emergency circumstances involving drinking water shall be:
(1) To coordinate with other governmental agencies and the private sector to provide drinking water supplies to areas deprived of such supplies as a result of the emergency.
(2) To sample and analyze drinking water supplies to determine the existence and extent of potential contamination of drinking water supplies as a result of the emergency.
(3) To prescribe appropriate procedures to be undertaken by water suppliers and consumers to minimize health risk resulting from any such contamination of drinking water.
(4) To aid water suppliers, if necessary, in notifying consumers regarding the seriousness of the emergency conditions and measures to be undertaken by consumers to minimize health risks resulting from drinking water contamination.
(5) If emergency drinking water supplies are to be provided from an alternative water source, to determine whether the alternative source is safe and whether the means of its transport or delivery have made or are likely to make the water unsafe when delivered for consumption.
