The town of Springhill frequently must declare

Answer choices

1. A

   No Impact9% picked this

   The Springhill authorities do a poor job of enforcing its water emergency laws and many people break the

   We don't care about whether emergency laws are enforced. We're trying to discuss a plan for getting people to conserve more water (which would keep water emergency laws from even being needed). This doesn't directly comment on whether changing the pricing structure would effectively aid in water conservation.

   9%
2. B

   No Impact6% picked this

   The town council of Springhill recently refused to raise

   This is just describing that the town council didn't do something. It has nothing to do with assessing whether following the author's Plan would bring us closer to the Goal.

   6%
3. C

   Correct75% picked this

   The threshold is kept at a high enough level to exceed the water requirements of

   Why this is right

   This affirms the author's assumption, that people are not being encouraged to conserve by the current system. If the threshold is high enough to exceed the water requirements of most households, this means that many people never exceed the threshold and therefore don't face the substantial per-liter rate. This highlights the inadequacy of the current pricing structure to encourage conservation, as the usage threshold is not motivating enough. Bringing in economic incentives would directly target the problem of overuse below the threshold and could more effectively reduce overall water consumption, supporting the plan to avoid emergencies.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   75%
4. D

   Opposite (if anything)4% picked this

   The threshold is not as high in Springhill as it is

   The lower the threshold, the more people will be motivated to conserve water (because once they pass the threshold, water use gets much more expensive). So if anything this tells us that Springhill has a more moitvating threshold than its neighbors do.

   4%
5. E

   No Impact6% picked this

   The threshold remains at the predetermined level specified by law until a change is approved by

   This merely tells us about the procedure for threshold adjustments, not its effectiveness or shortcomings to prevent water emergencies.

   6%