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e*) n 16.03 Watcr mclc:s ancl rcmolc rcgisters on cxisting scrvicc conncriions Ihat wcre not originally sup- plied by PURVEYO:t to ihe water consumer, did not meet the specifications of PURVEYOR at the time ol' installation ancl do not accuralcly register the conswnption of water, shall be repairecJ and/or replaced by PURVEYOR at tsic expense of the Direct Service Customer. All water meters and/or remote registers which must be replaced and/or repaired as the result of theft or damage from causes other than normal wcar and tear shall be repaired and/or replaced by PURVEYOR at the expense of the Direct Service Customer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Ihis paragraph, a water meter and/or remole register supplicd by PURVEYOR which must be repaired or replaced as a result of defects in material or workmanship, or normal wear and tear, shall be repaired and/or replaced at PURVEYOR'S expense. 16.04 In cases whcre, with the consent of PURVEYOR, the Direct Service Customer is lhe owner of a reregistering meter, maintenance and repairs on said meter shall be made by PURVEYOR at the expense of the Direct Service Customer on the basis of the cost of material and labor plus twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost of materials and labor to compensate PURVEYOR for supervision and overhead expenses. 16.05 If any water meter shall fail to regis?er correctly within the limitations established in the or- dinances anJ rules and regulations of PURVEYOR applicable thereto, the Direct Service Customer shall be charged for water usage based on the consumer's average daily rate of consumption. The consumer's average daily rate of consumption shall be estimated by Commissioner based upon water usage registered under similar conditions when the meter was in working order. PURVEYOR shall use the same criteria in estimating consumption of Direct Service Customers and customers within the City of Cleveland. ARTICLE 17. FIRE HYDRANTS 17.01 MUNICIPALITY shall not use nor permit the use of water from fire hydrants, valves or olher openings within the corporate limits of MUNICIPALITY unless the use of such water is metered or is in conformance with the provisions of this Article 17. 17.02 MUNICIPALITY has the right to connect fire hydrants to PURVEYOR'S water supply system and to make use of all water required by MUNICIPALlTY (or the extinguishment of fires, the tlushing of fire hydrants, streets and sewers and for such other use as is specifically authorized by Commissioner. For this right, MUNICIPALITY shall pay an annual fee in advance at such rates, in such manner, and at such times as shall be provided in applicable ordinances or rules and regulations of PURVEYOR existing at the time this AGREEMENT is executed or as amended in the future. The rate charged for the use of water from a fire hydrant shall be calculated to cover only PURVEYOR'S actual cost of estimated water losses for uses other than extinguishment of fires, but in no event shall said rate exceed the rate authorized to be charged to a Direct Service Customer located in the same service district. MUNICIPALITY shall maintain records of its use of water (rom fire hydrants for the purpose of establishing charges For such use. Except as otherwise provided in this Article 17, there shall be no unaccounted for or other free use of water by MUNICIPALITY. 17.03 No water shall be taken from any fire hydrant for construction or any other purpose except as providcd in Paragraph 17.02 wilhout first obtaining a permit for said use from the Comissioner. The is- suance of such pcrmit shall be conditioned upon compliance with rules and regulations issued by PURVEYOR, including but not limiled to, prepayment for waler which said applicant may reasonably be expccted to use, a1 rates not higher than the ra(es in effecl for Ihe service district in which the fire hydrant is IocateJ. "I'he Commissioner shall have the power to revoke any permit issued in order to protecl PURVEYOR against wastr ol' watcr or for any olhcr rcasonable purposc. 10