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Collected Item: “Analyzing a water usage during COVID article”

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Analyzing a water usage during COVID article

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The Pacific Institute Article is here (in the document this was the link but ill just give the actual URL below)!!

“As many people have put together a water shortage is happening because of COVID. This is because so many more people are using longer showers and stuff while they stay home as they are uncomfortable doing their business outside of home. In Portsmouth, England water demand increased by 15% throughout the past 10 months. Here in SF water demand for residential blocks gained 10% whilst decreasing by over 30% everywhere else. There are also many other facts given other than Portsmouth and SF.” Is the main info the article is given through a very stately manner. This article also likes using numbers which I like about it giving facts instead of something they think.

The article keeps circling back to utilities and is clearly meant for DIY workers instead of giving other info. It also heads sections unlike many other articles on other subtopics. This is actually quite useful if you need certain information like using the article much more as a source than most other articles. Even with all this I still think it is an article, not a list of instructions or facts.

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#Analysis, #COVID, #WaterUsage

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https://pacinst.org/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-affecting-water-demand/

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Benjamin Julian Elmendorf

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2021-01-27
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