Section 4-157-8 - Meter reading and rendering of bill(a) Meters or water flow measuring instruments are read and bills are rendered monthly. Special readings will be made when necessary for closing of accounts or when otherwise required. Consumers using the system to water animals or herds of livestock shall be billed in the same manner and at the same rate as agricultural and aquacultural consumers. Irrigation water delivered by ditches to the consumer shall be measured at weirs at the point or points of delivery to the consumer's land. The agents or employees of the board shall take readings from the weirs at least once during the period of delivery of the irrigation water and the readings taken shall be used by the board to determined the amount of irrigation water delivered. If the board does not deliver the amount of irrigation water requested by the consumer, its agent or employee shall notify the consumer at that time of the amount of water delivered. All protests by the consumer shall be made within seven days of the date of delivery. If no protest is made by the consumer within that period, the amount of irrigation water determined by the board to have been delivered, from its readings pursuant to this section, shall be deemed conclusive.(b) Closing bills for periods shorter than the standard billing cycle will ordinarily be determined by the amount of water actually used as indicated by the meter reading, plus the acreage assessment for the full billing cycle.(c) For the purpose of computing charges, all meters serving the consumer's premises shall be considered separately and the readings thereof shall not be combined.(d) All notices and bills for water charges shall be mailed by the department to the consumer at the address of the consumer stated in the consumer's application until the department is notified in writing by the consumer of a new address. It shall be the responsibility of the consumer to report a change of address or ownership to the department; if the consumer fails to report a change in address or ownership, the consumer shall continue to be liable for all charges and interest that accrue on the account.[Eff MAR 17 2006] (Auth: HRS § 167-5) (Imp: HRS §§ 167-5, 167-6, 167-11, 167-19)