The bar chart illustrates the average Australian water use in 6 selected cities for last year, while the pie chart describes the share of water each industry consumed in 2014.
Overall, Perth had the highest average water use for last year with 300 kilolitres per property, followed by Adelaide and Brisbane with 240 and 250 kilolitres of property respectively. On the other hand, Melbourne and Canberra showed the lowest average water consumption of 150 and 140 kilolitres respectively.
Taking a look at the distribution of water use by industries, we can clearly see that Agriculture took over two thirds of the entire consumption 67%, followed by households 9%. Water Supply, Sewage and Drainage industry consumed the same amount of water as the Electricity sector, 7%. In the same way there was no difference bet The bar chart illustrates the average Australian water u ween the consumption of Manufacturing and Other industries, with both sectors using 4% of the national water supply. The smallest user was the Mining industry, accounting for just 2% of Australian water use.
To conclude, the city of Perth and the Agriculture industry had a major impact on the usage of Australian water.