Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Subtitle 8 - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 157 - RULES GOVERNING IRRIGATION WATER SERVICE TO CONSUMERS OF HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Section 4-157-2 - Definitions

As used in this chapter unless otherwise provided:

"Acreage assessment" means any levy imposed pursuant to this chapter on the agricultural land and pastureland within an irrigation project and any amount charged by the State for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, or maintaining irrigation facilities for an irrigation project.

"Actual need" means the volume of irrigation water consumed by an irrigation customer. The volume of irrigation water shall be actual use as determined by monthly meter readings or as otherwise provided in these rules.

"Administrator-chief engineer" means the person holding the office of administrator and chief engineer of the division of agricultural resource management of the department acting directly or through authorized assistants including the irrigation district manager.

"Board" means the board of agriculture of the State of Hawaii, which is the governing body of the department of agriculture.

"Consumer" means the person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or any public or private organization, whether owner, tenant, or lessee, whose name appears on the records of the department as responsible and liable for receiving irrigation water service from the board.

"Consumer's supply pipe" means the pipe extending from the consumer's end of the service connection to the consumer's service areas.

"Cost of service connection" means the sum of the cost of the service connection materials, labor, transportation, equipment, and road repair, if any, and other incidental charges necessary for the complete installation of a service connection.

"Department" means the department of agriculture.

"Irrigation system" or "system" means the intakes, ditches, flumes, weirs, siphons, reservoirs, tunnels, pipelines, valves, pumps, and controls, and other elements comprising an irrigation system operated by the board to serve the lands within an irrigation district as defined by the board.

"Irrigation district manager means the person holding the office of irrigation district manager for a particular irrigation system of the department acting directly or through authorized assistants.

"Livestock" means any animal which is pastured within the boundaries of the project and uses the system. Not all irrigation systems have pastureland and livestock that are recognized by the department. Therefore, any references to livestock, pastureland, pasturing, pastoral, herds, livestock watering, and livestock drinking water are only applicable and valid for irrigation systems with pastureland and livestock that are officially recognized within these rules.

"Main" or "main pipe" means the supply or distribution pipe to which service connections are made.

"Measuring device" means a weir, meter, or other suitable means for measuring the amount of water received by the consumer from the irrigation system.

"Pastureland" means agricultural land within an irrigation system that is used for grazing livestock. Only areas identified in section 4-157-3(1) are eligible for pastureland designations.

"Project", "district", "irrigation district", or "irrigation project" means the area, contiguous or noncontiguous, established under chapter 167, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be served by a unique and specific department of agriculture irrigation system.

"Service connection" means the tap, pipe, fittings, and valves from the mains to and including the meter.

"State" means the State of Hawaii.

"Temporary irrigation system or district" means any irrigation system that is in the process of being constructed by the department.

"Water charges" means the sum of the water tolls and acreage assessments which may include credits as may be applicable.

"Water tolls" means all of the charges established by the board for irrigation water and livestock drinking water supplied by it to consumers.

"Weir" means any device which allows the measurement of a quantity of irrigation water being delivered.