Common use of Metering and Reporting Clause in Contracts

Metering and Reporting. (a) If the amount of the Permit pledged for forbearance in Section 3(a) is less than the total authorized groundwater withdrawal amount of the Permit, the determination of the amount of groundwater withdrawn from the Aquifer under the Permit during any calendar year during the term of this Agreement may be based on the withdrawals recorded by real time automated meters installed by the EAA, at its sole discretion, on the points of withdrawals authorized under the Permit. In the event the EAA chooses to install such automated meters, it will own, design, purchase, install, operate, and maintain the meters at its sole expense. Once installed, the EAA will make meter readings at any time during each year during the term of this Agreement, whether or not a Forbearance Year, as may, in its discretion, be necessary and appropriate to determine and ensure the accuracy of the amount of groundwater that has been withdrawn from the points of withdrawal authorized under the Permit during the calendar year. The Parties agree that the EAA will, from time to time, provide quality assurance/quality control techniques for the withdrawal measurements as may, in its discretion, be necessary and appropriate to ensure the accuracy of the readings and reporting. Until the EAA has installed the real time automated meters, the provisions of Subsection (b) will be used to determine the amount of groundwater withdrawn from the Aquifer under the Permit.