The line graph above indicates acid rain emissions in the United Kingdom from four different categories from 1990 to 2007.
Overall, there was an decrease in the figures for electricity, gas and water supply and other industries while the other 2 sectors saw a fluctuation throughout the recorded period.
Initially, the number for electricity, gas and water supply began at under 3.5 million tones, in the meantime, the starting point for the figure of other industries was at above 2 million tones in 1990. At that same year, transport and communication whist domestic sectors both started at more than 0.5 million tones.
Throughout the recorded time frame, the amount of acid rains emitted by electricity, gas and water supply dropped dramatically, reached its lowest point of 0,5 at the end of the analyzed time frame. Similarly, the figure for other industries declined to under 1,5 million tones and slightly fluctuated at the end of the recorded period. Regarding the emission made by domestic, the figure gradually increased to 0,8 in 2007 while transport and communication sector decreased by half at the end of the recorded time frame.
