Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Village seeks to develop a guaranteed, self-funded program that requires no up-front costs and improves energy and operational efficiency, reduces water loss across the distribution system, and provides equipment accuracy and efficiency improvements. Proposed projects must pay for themselves via increases in billable water and/or reductions in energy and operational expenses (hereinafter referred to collectively as “savings”). The contract must: 1) Guarantee water meter accuracy for the duration of the contract; 2) Guarantee the savings that are proposed to fund recommended improvements; 3) Guarantee the costs of those improvements; 4) Guarantee a schedule of completion.