Sport Pilot wrote:

You got that backward, if the alcohol is present the water level will
drop, not rise.

No, he got it exactly right. The alcohol will come out of solution with the
gasoline and mix with the water. The effect is that it appears that the water
level rises.

http://www.eaa.org/education/fuel/knopp_alcohol.html

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.