The diagram illustrates the percentage of total water use across various sectors in Sydney and Australia from 1997 to 2007.
Overall, it is evident that the food industry had the highest total water waste in both years, while other sectors experienced varying trends of decline and growth throughout the period.
Initially, the building industry and manufacturing sectors had the smallest contributions, with their percentages remaining relatively unchanged. However, household water use increased from 19% to 21% of total water consumption. Notably, household water waste surged from 13% to 25%. In contrast, the building industry, which had the lowest percentages of water use at the beginning of the period, saw a slight decrease from 5% to 2% by 2007. The food industry consistently wasted more water than other sectors, starting at 48% and decreasing slightly to 41% by the end of the period.
