A graph.Short description, A graph.,Long description,

Question

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.