题型：任务型阅读 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
江西省景德镇一中2019-2020学年高一上学期英语期末考试试卷
It's the water that makes our daily lives possible. That's why protecting source water is one of the primary missions at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. We provide safe, clean drinking water to 1.8 million residents in Prince George's and Montgomery counties.
One way we protect the water is through the watershed. The watershed reduces the pollutants reaching the reservoirs. They hold the source water that provides 30 percent of our customers with drinking water. That's over 600,000 people. For many years, we have issued permits to allow limited recreational use of the watershed. It's a quiet, beautiful area away from urban stress and traffic. And we use it ourselves and other activities to promote water and environmental awareness.
Last year, the WSSC issued new regulations with new restrictions impacting all users, including, closing the watershed a month earlier in the fall and opening it a month later in the spring. We also limited horseback riding to the access roads. Our goal was and is to protect the watershed.
A very small but vocal group felt we should have consulted them first. Perhaps afterward we should have. But I do want to make one thing very clear. But we cannot allow the interests of a tiny group to override (不理会) the wellbeing of the WSSC customers who drink the water from those reservoirs. There must be a balance.
So we hired a consultant to gather data, gather input from watershed users, and assess the condition of the watershed. We also asked them to look at our operations and management practices and provide the WSSC with findings and recommendations on how to make improvements.
It's time to work together to protect the water and provide appropriate access to the rare jewel we call the watershed.
A. We certainly understand the attraction.
B. At no time did we consider closing the watershed entirely.
C. However, only a few people like saving water.
D. But most importantly it's about protecting the water.
E. The government has taken some strong measures.
F. We take that responsibility very seriously.
G. A review of our watershed policies and regulations was overdue.
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