▶ Your Answer :
While it may be true that restricting water flow
will make Sunnyside Towers apartment’s profits further, the author’s argument
does not make a cogent case for saving money based on restricting water flow.
It is easy to understand saving waters would prevent wasting money, but this argument is rife with holes and assumptions, and thus, not strong enough to
lead to making profits.
Based on the reason that low water pressure made
only a few complaints, the author firstly presumes modifying water flow will
make profits. It, however, cannot guarantee that it will have consistently only
a few complaints for a long time like a month ago. The few complaints were just
for one month, so we just do not know whether their complaints will increase
more or not. The increased complaints, also, will be able to make the
apartment’s owner lost many existing inhabitants. To strengthen his or her
argument, the author would have to collect the residents’ complaints in the
long term.
On the basis of the perception that the residents’
adjustment, the author also implies that low water pressure can make their
profits. But it brings some doubts. For example, if there will be some people
cannot adjust the low water pressure, they will take a shower by taking more
time than before. Thus, it is hard to be sure that less flow does necessarily warrant
less volume of water and the author needs to suggest a causal link between
restricting water flow and total water consumption in order to make a strong
argument.
With the idea that all the showerheads on the first five
floors were successful, the author finally presumes this change would bring some
positive results. The author, however, still need to clarify questions if the
success in floor one to five will work equally well in floor six to twenty. As
the water pressure runs inversely proportional to the height of the building,
it could be that the reduction in water pressure becomes more critical on the
upper levels. Accordingly, questions pertaining to the comparability of the
remaining floors for the adaption of new showerheads with first five floors are
crucial for determining the argument’s prediction.
Examining all the various angles and factors
involved with restricting water flow, the argument does not justify making
profits. While the proposal does highlight a possibility, more information is
required to warrant any action. |