Question

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


September 10, 2018


Fairfax Announces Construction of the UOSA Water Reclamation Plant


In a positive move for residents concerned about water preservation in our current drought, the city of Fairfax is proud to announce plans for the UOSA Water Reclamation Plant. After being completed in the spring of 2019, this state-of-the-art water-recycling facility will begin supplementing the city’s current water supply (the Occoquan Reservoir) with runoff collected from Fairfax homes and businesses. City officials anticipate that the plant will feed 20,0000 gallons of recycled water a year back into the municipal water supply.


In sum, water-reclamation specialists explain the recycling process as follows:


• Water runoff is collected from homes, businesses, and factories in the city of Fairfax.


• Collected runoff is pumped, via the UOSA Pump Station, to the plant.


• At the plant, water is passed through seven different levels of filtration and tested for purity before being released into the UOSA Reservoir.


• Recycled water from the UOSA Reservoir then flows through the UOSA Dam back into the Occoquan Reservoir via Bull Run.





Which revisions would most make this document more informative? Select two options.


A. a subheading defining water reclamation below the main heading

B. numbers replacing the bullets in the steps of the water-recycling process

C. numbers on the illustration indicating the corresponding steps in the text

D. an illustration showing where runoff goes once it enters Chesapeake Bay

E. an illustration indicating the types of industries that contribute to runoff supply

Answer 1

Options B and C

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1: Determine which options are correct

Do not make sense are: Options A, D, E

Make sense are: Options B and C

Answer: Options B and C

Answer 2

B. numbers replacing the bullets in the steps of the water-recycling process

C. numbers on the illustration indicating the corresponding steps in the text

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the question asks what revisions should be done to make the document more informative, we should focus on what can be done to make the document more understandable to the readers.

Since the main point of the text, as shown by the heading is about a construction of a water reclamation plant, (A) is incorrect since the heading already provides this information clearly. (E) is outside of the context of the press release, while (D) is already illustrated through the attached image.

(B) is a good modification to do since processes should be numbered to make it clearer for the reader, and (C) would provide a better use of the image, since readers can immediately visualize how the processes described in the text would occur.