1. In spring 2002, rainfall in New Jersey faltered and reservoir levels fell to around 40 percent of capacity. Experts believed that, unless heavier than normal rains arrived, these reservoirs would run out of water in about fifty days. The state government reacted by declaring a state of drought emergency and promulgating a series of regulations prohibiting certain uses of water. For instance, prohibitions included car washing (but not by commercial carwashes), lawn watering (except for newly installed turf), watering of athletic fields (except for no more than 45 minutes at night), power washing

(except by firms in the business), and serving water in restaurants. Watering clay tennis courts was permitted.

If you had been advising the governor of New Jersey at this time, what would you have done? How would you have explained to the public why you chose policies other than those that were actually used?