Band 8+: WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie charts below compare water usage in San Diego, California and the rest of the world. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The pie chart illustrates the amount of water used in two different countries, along with the rest of the world.

Overall, in San Diego and in California, a huge amount of water was utilized by residents; however, worldwide, more water was used in agriculture than in other sectors.

The indicators of water usage were strongly different in San Diego and in California; however, there was one similarity: both of them had the highest indicator in water usage by residents, with percentages of 60 and 39. In the agriculture sector, 28 percent was spent in California, while in San Diego, this shows that agriculture was less significant than other sectors. 23 percent of the water was used by industries; by the way, in California, industries used 33 percent.

Worldwide, 69 percent of the world’s water was used for agriculture; moreover, residents consume increasingly less, which amounted to only 8 percent worldwide. And industries used about 23 percent overall.