Section 4-157-15 - Damage and accessibility to department's property(a) Any damage to water mains, service connections, valves, standpipes, or other property of the department shall be paid for by the person or organization responsible for the damage.(b) The consumer shall be liable for any damage to a meter or other equipment or property of the department caused by the consumer or the consumer's tenants, agents, employees, contractors, licensees, or permittees, and the department shall be promptly reimbursed by the consumer for all damages upon demand. In the event settlement for the damage is not promptly made, the department reserves the right to discontinue water service to the premises.(c) No obstructions shall be placed upon or around any water meter, valve, or standpipe rendering it inaccessible. If an obstruction is placed so as to interfere with the department's meter, the obstruction may be removed by the department without notification to the consumer. Any costs associated with the removal of the obstruction will be billed to the consumer. The department may confiscate the obstruction and may dispose of it without resource to the consumer.(d) No animals, livestock, or fowl shall be tethered or tied to any pipe, flume, structure, valve, standpipe, meter, or hydrant of the irrigation system, or be permitted to graze or to wander under any structure, or be put or permitted to go into, over, or upon any ditch, ditch bank, flume, reservoir, tunnel, or other element of the irrigation system. The department may confiscate any animal in violation of this subsection and may dispose of the animal without recourse to the owner.(e) No grass, bushes, trees, or other windbreak or planting shall be grown or be permitted to grow upon the banks of any ditch or so close thereto as to hang into or over any ditch;, reservoir, flume, tunnel, standpipe, valve, meter, or hydrant, or other element of the irrigation system, or to inhibit the free passage of water therein. No dirt, trash, cuttings, rubbish, weed, manure, or drainage water from stables, pens, and pastures, or debris of any nature shall be thrown, dumped, or put into or upon, any ditch, ditch bank, flume, reservoir, tunnel, or other element of the irrigation system. The department may remove or correct such obstructions or violations and bill the consumer for the cost of remediation.[Eff MAR 17 2006] (Auth: HRS § 167-5) (Imp: HRS §§ 167-5, 167-6, 167-19)