The chart illustrates the amount of water which was residentially used over a 28 year period from 1980 to 2008 for different purposes such as garden, bathroom, toilet, kitchen and washing clothes.
Overall, it is clear from the graph that residential water usage for kitchen was significantly increased, whereas the usage for garden fell dramatically to the lowest among other purposes for water usage. Additionally, the overall usage for bathroom and toilet remained the same.
Looking at the water usage for Kitchen and washing clothes, the former usage rose sharply from 15% to 30% between the year 1980 and 2008, while the latter usage was marginally decreased from 22% to 19% over the 28 year period.
With regards to water usage for garden, it saw a decline to 8% which is almost as half as the water usage for the garden in 1980. Furthermore, the water usage for bathroom witnessed a small growth by 4%, whereas toilet saw the opposite trend.
