The region's water authority is responding to the current drought by restricting residential water use. Yet reservoir...
Julie-VJuly 16, 2019
Answers A and C
Hello!
I was wondering if someone could explain why A and C could be eliminated. I confidently knew that D and E weren't options, but I couldn't come to the same agreement about the others before choosing B. Thank you in advance for the help!
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Let's briefly look at the argument. The region's water authority is restricting residential water use but reservoir levels are the same height as they were during the drought ten years ago when no restrictions were put in place. Therefore, restrictions are clearly premature.
We are looking for the answer choice that would weaken the argument.
(A) would strengthen the argument. If there are more storage reservoirs now than 10 years ago and no restrictions were needed then, it is even less likely we would need water use restrictions now.
(C) would also strengthen the argument. If there are more water resources available from outside the region today than 10 years ago, then it is even less likely we would need restrictions now than 10 years ago when we had less water supply available.
