Read the following passage carefully:
To promote urban water conservation, the Municipal Water Board issued a directive requiring all commercial car wash facilities to source at least 80% of their operational water from harvested rainwater or pay a monthly environmental surcharge. However, facilities that install and operate closed-loop water recycling systems are explicitly exempted from both the rainwater harvesting requirement and the monthly surcharge.
Based strictly on the passage above, evaluate whether the following statement is True or False:
A commercial car wash facility operating with a closed-loop water recycling system will avoid the monthly environmental surcharge even if it does not harvest any rainwater.
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Answer
The statement is True because the passage explicitly grants an exemption from the surcharge to facilities operating closed-loop water recycling systems.
The statement accurately reflects the explicit exemption provided in the text: facilities operating closed-loop water recycling systems are not required to harvest rainwater and will not be penalized with a surcharge.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Logical Deduction from Explicit Passage Exemptions