Title
WATER SERVICES (WR-20)
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. County Communication 16-40, from the Director of Water Supply, transmitting a proposed bill relating to cross-connection and backflow control and water for fire service.
2. Water Resources Committee Report 16-156 (recommitted), recommending passage of a proposed bill requiring consumers and owners of real property to install a backflow preventer on properties connected to the Department’s water system and to generally prohibit connections that could contaminate the Department’s water system.
3. Correspondence dated November 14, 2016, from the Chair of the Committee to the Department of the Corporation Counsel, requesting a revised proposed bill, entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14, ARTICLE 1, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO CROSS-CONNECTION AND BACKFLOW CONTROL AND WATER FOR FIRE SERVICE,” be approved as to form and legality. The purpose of the revised proposed bill is to require consumers and owners of real property in some circumstances to install a backflow preventer on properties connected to the Department’s water system and to generally prohibit connections that could contaminate the Department’s water system.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of the revised proposed bill on first reading, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of County Communication 16-40, Committee Report 16-156 (recommitted), and other related action.