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409 of treated water consumed by HARRISBURG'S customers in the area which it services and which have connected to and use such treated water provided by CABARRUS to HARRISBURG (b) For sewer: To quantify sewer discharges at points of connection to the other party's system, if required by standard engineering practices, law, regulations or other contractual agreement, the owner of an Existing Line may require a party seeking connection to install, at its sole expense, a metering station at a location approved by both HARRISBURG and CABARRUS at or near the point of connection of the Proposed Line to the Existing Line. The metering station itself shall consist of metering equipment approved by both HARRISBURG and CABARRUS. After connection, the metering equipment shall be owned by, and shall be maintained by the party providing service from the point of connection; NOTWITHSTANDING the foregoing, it is the desire and intent of HARRISBURG and CABARRUS to minimize, if not eliminate, the necessity for or usage of such meters wherever practicable. 7. Connection Fees. Except for any pre-existing contracts or commitments of either HARRISBURG or CABARRUS which require reimbursement of a portion of such fees collected, neither HARRISBURG nor CABARRUS shall charge the other a fee for connection to a water or sewer line of the other. (Insofar as the parties are aware, the only such contracts or commitments existing at the time of execution of this Agreement are those attached hereto marked "Exhibit A" and incorporated herein by reference.) 8. Service Areas and Backflow Prevention: (a) Service areas for both CABARRUS and HARRISBURG are defined and described in "Exhibit B" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, i.e. the Service Areas for the existing water and/or sewer system in place at the time the agreement is executed shall remain in effect. For existing or new customers, neither HARRISBURG nor CABARRUS shall make individual residential, commercial, and/or industrial connections to the other system's water and/or sewer lines, without the express, written permission of the other, which permission shall not be unreasonably refused. (b) New service areas are defined as those areas where service would be provided by either party with water and/or sewer lines not installed at the time the agreement is executed. Minimum connection requirements for extension of service areas are as follows: 1. Water: (a) 6-inch or larger as required to provide fire protection as per state standards. (b) 2-inch minimum to serve dead-end connections, maximum length of line and number of customers must meet state standards for proximity to facilities providing fire protection. 2. Sewer: No gravity sewer collection line less than 8-inch diameter. Interceptors and force mains shall be sized to meet state standards. (c) Any new connection off existing CABARRUS lines shall provide backflow prevention devices designed for the specific hazard and meeting the requirements of CABARRUS' Backflow Prevention Program. 9. User or Other Charges. Neither HARRISBURG nor CABARRUS shall charge the other a "transit," "transportation," "distribution," "maintenance," "user," or other such fee or charge whether denominated as such or otherwise, for the use of the other party's system for transportation, distribution, discharge or other transmission of water or sewer. 10. Water/Sewer Rates. CABARRUS and HARRISBURG shall bill customers within their individual service areas based on their prevailing retail water and sewer rate schedule for the remainder of their respective systems.