The charts below show how water was used in Australia in 2004.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The graphs present water consumption in Australia in the year 2004. The pie graph illustrates the water usage per sector, whereas the bar graph depicts water utilization in households.
Overall, most of Australia’s water in 2004 was consumed by the residential sector, particularly in houses. At home, water was predominantly used for bathroom and gardening activities.
In 2004, 70% of the water in Australia was consumed by households. The bulk of this was utilized by people living in houses (57%), followed by those residing in apartments (13%). Industry and business were the next two sectors that used water with 11% and 10%, respectively. Government units consumed only 6% of all water in Australia, while the remaining 3% was used by other sectors of society.
Regarding water usage at home, residences mainly consumed water for bathroom rituals (28%) and gardening pursuits (27%). Doing the laundry was not far behind with 20%. The last two areas of residential water consumption were for toilet use with 15% and kitchen activities at 10%.