GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Government officials announced that restrictions

Government officials announced thatrestrictions on the use of water would continue because no appreciative increase in the level of the river resulted from the intermittent showers that had fallen throughout the area the day before .

Issue: Verb Form | Construction

Analysis:
1."appreciative" - showing gratitude VS "appreciable" - noticeable - Slight difference in word but huge difference in meaning. And "increase" can not be appreciative.
2. "Restriction"
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