The water system facilities reserve charge shall be assessed against all new developments and subdivisions requiring supply of water from the County of Kauai, Department of Water, and existing developments requiring additional supply of water from the Department's system.  The facilities reserve charge must be paid before water services are made available to the new or existing development.

The water system facilities reserve charge shall be paid by all applicants for water service, including but not limited to the following:

1.      All irrigation services and/or meters.

2.      Additional buildings to be connected to existing services where additional demands or supplies are indicated.  The charges shall be based on the meter sizes required if the buildings were metered separately.

3.      Additional units connected to existing services and meters under the categories of single family and multi-family residential units.  The charges will be based on the established schedule of charges for the respective categories.

The water system facilities reserve charges shall apply to all applicants for water service as follows:

A.  For each parcel created by subdivision, including the first lot created; and for every new single family

residential dwelling unit not yet metered and a facilities

reserve charge has not yet been paid, the charge shall be

$2,600.00.

B.   For each unit in a multi-family residential  

development and/or resort development, the charge shall 

be $2,600.00.

C.   For all other uses, the facilities reserve charge shall be determined by the size of the meter as follows:

  Meter Size                Amount

      5/8"                   $       2,600

      3/4"                   $     13,200

       1"                     $     38,000

    1-1/2"                  $     77,800

       2"                     $   124,620

       3"                     $   249,230

       4"                     $   381,320

       6"                     $   778,850

       8"                     $1,246,160

Meter sizes shall be determined by the Department and not by the Developer or Applicant.  The facilities reserve charge for multi-family and/or resort development will be determined by the approved meter size or the number of units, whichever number is larger.