Verbal Aptitude

Argument: 'Switching from flood irrigation to drip irrigation on commercial sugarcane farms will increase regional river baseflow downstream.' The argument relies on the assumption that:

Options:

• (A) Farmers will not use the water saved by drip irrigation to expand their cultivated sugarcane acreage.
• (B) Sugarcane cannot grow under flood irrigation.
• (C) River baseflow is unaffected by monsoon precipitation.
• (D) Drip irrigation emitters never clog with organic sediment.