Question

A graph.Short description, A graph.,Long description,
The graph is titled Projected Water Usage for Union County, Mississippi, and shows Year on the horizontal axis and Millions of Gallons per Day on the vertical axis.

A solid straight line showing the prediction for high usage starts in 1998 at 2.8 million gallons per day and extends to 6.7 million gallons per day in 2050.
A dotted line showing normal usage also starts in 1998 at 2.8 million gallons per day, but remains below the solid line, ending at 6 million gallons per day in 2050.

Question
Water managers base the high-usage projections on choices people might make.



Which choice would move the actual usage up to the high-usage projection?

Answer options with 4 options
A.
doubling the acres of cropland

C.
increasing water conservation in homes

B.
adding new water treatment facilities

D.
replanting public spaces with native plants

Answer 1

The choice that would move the actual usage up to the high-usage projection is:

**A. doubling the acres of cropland**

Doubling the acres of cropland would likely lead to an increase in water usage for irrigation and agricultural purposes, moving the actual usage closer to the high-usage projection.