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Agency. For the purpose of this Contract the original record or reading of the meter or meters shall be the journal or other record book of Agency in its office in which the records of the employees or agents of the Agency who take readings are or may be transcribed. Upon written request of a Sponsoring Public Entity, the Agency will give the Sponsoring Public Entity a copy of such journal or record book, or permit the Sponsoring Public Entity to have access to the same in the office of the Agency during reasonable business hours. (b) The Agency shall calibrate its meters periodically, but at least once each year. Each Sponsoring Public Entity shall be entitled to have a representative present during each calibration, and the parties shall jointly observe any needed adjustments which are made to the meters. If the check meters hereinafter provided for have been installed, the same shall also be calibrated by the Sponsoring Public Entities in the presence of a representative of the Agency, and the parties shall jointly observe any needed adjustment. If the Sponsoring Public Entities in writing request the Agency to calibrate its meters, and the Agency gives the Sponsoring Public Entities notice of the time when the calibration is to be made, and a representative of any Sponsoring Public Entity is not present at the time set, the Agency may proceed with calibration and adjustment in the absence of a representative of that Sponsoring Public Entity. (c) If any party at any time observes a variation of one percent (1%) or more between the delivery meter or meters and the check meter or meters (if any such check meter or meters are installed), such party will promptly notify the other parties, and the parties hereto shall then cooperate to procure an immediate calibration test and joint observation of any adjustment, and the said delivery and check meter or meters shall then be tested and adjusted to accuracy. Each party shall give the other parties forty-eight (48) hours' notice of the time of all tests of meters so that the other parties may conveniently have a representative present. (d) If upon any test, the percentage of inaccuracy of any metering equipment is found to be in excess of two percent (2%), registration thereof shall be corrected for a period extending back to the time when such inaccuracy began, if such time is ascertainable, and if such time is not ascertainable, then for a period extending back one-half ('h) of the time elapsed since the last date of calibration, but in no event further back than a period of six (6) months. If for any reason any meters are out of service or out of repair so that the amount of water delivered cannot be ascertained or computed from the reading thereof, the water delivered during the period such meters are out of service or out of repair shall be estimated and agreed upon by the parties hereto upon the basis of the best data available. For such purpose, the best data available shall be deemed to be the registration of any check meter or meters if the same have been installed and are accurately registering. Otherwise the amount of water delivered during such period may be estimated (i) by correcting the error if the percentage of the error is ascertainable by calibration tests or mathematical calculation, or (ii) by estimating the quantity of delivery by deliveries during the preceding periods under similar conditions when the meter or meters were registering accurately. (e) One or more of the Sponsoring Public Entities may, at their option and their own expense, install and operate a check meter to check each delivery meter installed by the Agency, but the measurement of water for the purpose of this Contract shall be solely by the Agency's meters, except in the cases hereinabove specifically provided to the contrary. All such check meters shall be of standard make and shall be subject at all reasonable times to inspection and examination by any employee or agent of the Agency. The reading, calibration and adjustment thereof, however, shall be made only by the respective: Sponsuring Public Entity or Entities, -19-