The chart shows the proportion of water usage in 5 various sectors in Sydney, Australia in 1997 and 2007.
Overall, among these 5 sectors, two of them saw an increase, while the other three decreased, with the food industry using the biggest amount of water in the given periods.
Looking at the decreases first, building industry was only 5% in 1997, which was the sector that used the lowest amount of water, and it declined slightly from 5% to 2% by 2007. The pre-last sector which experienced a noticeable decrease was manufacturing with 15% of water used in 1997, and this percentage dropped to 11% in 2007, making it the second lowest amount of water used. The last sector that went down was food industry, starting with 48% of water usage in 1997 and declining to 41% in 2007. Despite this decrease, the food industry sector led the chart.
The increases were seen in two sectors: service industry and household use. In 1997, service industry was the sector that showed the pre-lowest percentage of water usage with 13%. After a decade, this sector witnessed a dramatical increase to 25%, which was the biggest increase in the given time. Household use sector was 19% in 1997, and it went up slightly to 21% within a decade.