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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR WATER/WASTEWATER <br />ARTICLE I. PURPOSE <br />The Water/Wastewater Mutual Aid Program was established to provide a method <br />whereby water/wastewater utilities sustaining physical damage from natural or man <br />made disasters could obtain emergency assistance, in the form of personnel, <br />equipment, and materials and other associated services necessary, from other <br />water/wastewater utilities. The purpose of this Agreement is to formally document such <br />program. <br />ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS <br />A. AGREEMENT — The Water/Wastewater Mutual Aid Agreement. The original <br />agreement and all signatory pages shall be kept at TREEO Center 3900 SW <br />63rd Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32608 <br />B. PARTICIPATING UTILITY — Any Water/Wastewater utility whichexecutes <br />this Mutual Aid Agreement. <br />C. DAMAGED UTILITY —Any Participating Utility which sustains physical <br />damage to its water/ wastewater system due to a natural or manmade <br />disaster and seeks assistance pursuant to this Agreement. <br />D. ASSISTING UTILITY —Any Participating Utility which agrees to provide <br />assistance to a Damaged Utility pursuant to this Agreement. <br />E. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE — An employee of a Participating Utility <br />authorized by that utility's governing board to request or offer assistance <br />under the terms of this Agreement. (A list of the Authorized Representatives <br />for each Participating Utility shall be attached to this Agreement asAppendix <br />A) <br />F. PERIOD OF ASSISTANCE — The period of time beginning with the <br />departure of any personnel of the Assisting Utility from any point for the <br />purpose of travelling to the Damaged Utility in order to provide assistance <br />and ending upon the return of all personnel of the Assisting Utility, after <br />