The two charts illustrated how water was used across five different sectors in sydney, Australia in 1997 and 2007.
Overall, food industry maintained the greater consumer of water, while building industry accounted the lowest share. However, there is a significant increased in the service industry over the period. Whereas, food and manufacturing industry saw minor decrease along the period.
In 1997, food industry madeup the biggest share of water used at 48% which is more than double than household at 19%. Manufacturing stood up at 15% making the third highest proportion. By 2007, food industry fell at 41%, while manufacturing dropped slightly to 11%. Household use rose margnially from 19% to 21% in one decade.
On the other hand, the most dramatic change was seen, increased sharply from 13% in 1997 and 25% in 2007. whereas, the building industry share the smallest portion went down minimally from 5% to 3% over the period.
