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City of San Marcos/Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Water Treatment Facilities Service Contract Article VI - Management and Operation SECTION 6.2. AUTHORITY OBLIGATIONS GENERALLY. (A) Management Responsibility. Commencing on the Commencement Date, the Authority shall operate and manage the Facilities on a 24-hour per day, 7-day per week basis, and shall treat and deliver Finished Water to the System, provide all information necessary to secure Governmental Approvals, and otherwise manage and operate the Facilities so as to comply with the Contract Standards applicable to such activities, each of the plans pertaining thereto set forth in the Appendices, and the other terms and conditions of this Service Contract. (B) Transfer and Application of Industry Experience. The Authority shall use reasonable efforts to transfer to and apply at the Facilities the benefit of the advances and improvements in technology, management practices and operating efficiencies which are developed by the Authority through the operation of their water treatment and distribution businesses and industry research and development activities conducted over the full Term of this Service Contract, and which are useful and appropriate in the good faith judgment of the Authority for carrying out the Contract Services in a manner which improves upon the Contract Standards. SECTION 6.3. CITY OBLIGATIONS GENERALLY. The City, in addition to the obligations it has accepted elsewhere in this Service Contract, shall: (1) Make available to the Authority upon request information relating to the Facilities which is in the possession of the City and material to the Authority's performance hereunder; (2) Grant and assure the Authority access to the Facilities for the performance of its obligations hereunder, but for no other purpose; (3) Make available for the Authority's use hereunder all Consumables and spare parts in inventory at the Facilities as of the Commencement Date; (4) Maintain and repair in good working order all System assets which are not included in the Facilities which the Authority is obligated to maintain; (5) Obtain and maintain all Govemmental Approvals that are the responsibility of the Authority hereunder; (6) Pay the Service Fee and any other amounts due the Authority III accordance with the terms and conditions of this Service Contract; (7) Provide billing and revenue collection services with respect to the use of the System; and (8) On a periodic basis to be determined by the parties, direct the Authority as to the amount of raw water from each water source that is to be utilized. SECTION 6.4. FACILITIES CONDITION CONFIRMATION. (A) Familiarity with Facilities. The Authority shall acknowledge following the Transition Period that: (1) the Authority's employees have visited, inspected, observed and are familiar with the Facilities, 34