Lake Turbulence is known to be one of the cleanest fresh water lakes in Central Asia with an incredible biodiversity. However, proposal for construction of a crude oil pipeline across the lake's bottom to reach a refinery is raising widespread concerns in the international media that it might pollute the lake and cause irreversible ecological damage. However, a new pipeline technology is being installed which would alert the lake authority and seal leaks instantly. Therefore, provided this technology is effective, there is no basis for the media concerns.
The argument depends on assuming which of the following?
A. There is no reason to believe that the leak-preventing technology would be ineffective when installed in the pipeline in Lake Turbulence.
B. Apart from the threat of a leak, pipeline's construction would pose no other pollution issue to the lake.
C. Other than the pipeline project, there will be no new industrial development around the lake that will pollute its waters.
D. Ecological Damage to the lake would be the only harm that a pipeline leak would cause.
E. The biodiversity of Lake Turbulence is the same as the nearby lake Constance.