Water Supply In The Grandview City

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The following appeared in a letter to the Grandview City Council from a local business leader. " During last year's severe drought, when the water supply in the Grandview City reservoir fell to an extremely low level, the city council imposed much more rigid water-rationing rules. But just after these rules were imposed, industrial growth in the area declined. This clearly shows that the new rationing rules have hurt industry in Grandview. Therefore, to promote the health of the local economy, the city council should now stop water rationing. "

In the difficult times of severe drought, water rationing as imposed by the Grandview City Council, is a common-sense approach. But it did Cartier Replica achieve what it was intended to. On the other hand, complaint about water rationing, expressed by the local business leader, was unreasonable, and the demand that it be stopped could lead to serious consequences.

As it appears, the drought must have lasted for years. At first, water rationing was not strict, so that " water supply in the ...
... Grandview City reservoir fell to an extremely low level. " And this called for "more rigid" water-rationing rules. And they were imposed at a time when they could no longer be delayed, because "just after" they were imposed, industrial growth in the area started to decline. However, it is not that "this clearly shows that the new rationing rules have hurt industry in Grandview;" it is that it serves as evidence that:

1. Harmful effects of the drought had been cumulating for a long time, maybe ever since the drought.

2. Local industry benefited from the less rigid water-rationing rules so that it was able to sustain a degree of growth until the more rigid rules were imposed.

3. Declined growth experienced by the industry "just after" the more rigid water-rationing rules were imposed was not caused by these more rigid rules, because declined growth was suffered even before those rules had time to produce any effect yet; rather, it was a result of the harmful effects of the drought that had been cumulating all the time.

That is, if less rigid water-rationing rules had prevented the industry from an earlier decline, the more rigid ones were going to save it from a total standstill.

This is clear because, in order to keep the local industry growing, it had first to survive. And now, when " water supply in the Grandview City reservoir fell to an extremely low level," it was a matter of life-and-death for the people living in this area, and a matter a survival for the industry as well. To say the very least, if the people were not given enough water to drink and for other daily uses, they would find it difficult to go to work for the industry. And, when they came to know that it was all because the industry had been using too much water, there would be protest directed to the local government and industry. If things were allowed to get worse, some people would try to cut water supply to factories, so that they Cartier Roadster Replica would not die of thirst. Then, there would be fights and arrests. And Grandview City would get into a grand chaos, in which people would never want to mention the good "health of the local economy," but would, instead, lament the near death of the local industry.

Confronted with so enormous a danger, it was wise of the Council to impose more rigid water-rationing rules. It reflected the Council's brilliant decision that the general interests of the people should be placed before those of the industry, and that the long-term development and prosperity of the area matter more than the short-term decline of industrial growth. On the contrary, the local industry's talk about stopping water rationing is narrow-minded, short-sighted, and disaster-inviting, and should therefore be resolutely opposed.