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e) . will promptly notify the other party, and the parties shall then cooperate to procure an immediate calibration test and joint observation of any adjustment and the malfunctioning meter shall then be adjusted to accuracy. Each party shall give the other party forty-eight (48) hours' notice of the time of any test or meter so that the other party may conveniently have a representative present. In addition, any Participant may request the Authority to provide a periodic calibration test of the measuring equipment, for any reason. If the calibration test shows that the Authority's meter is accurate within the below- described tolerances, then such Participant shall pay for the test performed. I f the calibration test shows that the Authori ty' s meter is not accurate within the below described tolerances, then the Authority shall pay for said meter cali~ration test. Section 5.04 Adjust..-nents. to Meters If, upon any test, the percentage of inaccuracy of metering equipment is found to be in excess of three percent (3%), 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 (l/2) 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, the main meter is 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, through the period such meter is out of service or out of repair, shall be estimated and agreed upon by the parties thereto 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 if the same -19-