Question

From the article “Day Zero” is approaching in Cape Town, what can we infer from the following passage?

“Many people are finding creative ways to protect the future of water. Product design company IDEO invented a device that turns fog into drinkable water, according to Will Carey, IDEO’s design director. Homeowners could install this device on the side of their homes to collect their own water. The Middle Eastern country of Israel recently started new water collection methods. This allowed the nation to capture and reuse 86 percent of water that goes down drains, according to the BBC.”

a) with the right technology, economic resources and political determination, we can protect the future of water

b) it is an impossibility to help the water problem

c) Israel is the best at solving water problems

d) The Middle East is in the best geographic area to solve water problems

Answer 1

The answer is a) with the right technology, economic resources and political determination, we can protect the future of water

Answer 2

The correct answer is: a) with the right technology, economic resources and political determination, we can protect the future of water.

Indeed, the excerpt mentions a technological device to collect water from fog and thus avoid overloading the regular water distribution system. It also mentions how the State of Israel which is far more arid than South Africa and yet manages to dispose of abundant water and rarely or never experiences shortages has implemented new collection methods that allow the reuse of 86 of the water that goes down the drains.

The economic resources are necessary for the research that will yield the innovative technologies and methods that will make the recollection and reuse of water more efficient. The new technology will give the government new effective choices to implement such measure and its political determination against conformism and/or vested interests will ultimately make such changes possible.