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Emergency water transfers are transfers that: <br />1. Are made for short-term duration. For the purpose of this <br />Agreement, short-term duration shall be reviewed at 30 <br />days, 60 days and 90 days, with subsequent 90 -day <br />intervals up to one year, as per the following process: <br />a. After 30 days duration, a memo from the chief <br />administrative officials of the service providers <br />will be sent to the managers of the jurisdictions <br />that are parties to this Agreement. The memo shall <br />document the emergency, steps being taken to <br />address the situation, and notify the managers of <br />the potential for a longer period of the emergency <br />water transfer. <br />b. At 60 days, the service provider sending the water <br />shall notify its elected board (or, in the case of <br />OWASA, the member government elected boards) <br />on the status of the emergency and provide <br />opportunity for the boards to review and comment <br />on the situation. The receiving provider shall <br />provide similar information. <br />C. Between 60 days and 90 days from inception of <br />transfer, the elected boards which exercise <br />planning jurisdiction on either side of the boundary <br />in which the service is provided shall review and <br />approve or not approve the continuation of the <br />transfer beyond 90 days. If continuation of the <br />transfer is approved, it may continue for an <br />additional 90 -day period. Approval shall be <br />required for each subsequent 90 -day period, with a <br />maximum emergency water transfer duration of <br />365 days from inception. Lack of action by the <br />elected boards as provided in this subsection <br />14 <br />