The charts below show the percentages of the water used in different sectors in Sydney, Australia in 1997 and 2007.

The pie charts illustrate the proportion of

water

utilized for various purposes, namely

food

, service, building, household, and manufacturing, in Sydney, Australia, in 1997 and 2007.

Overall

, it can be seen that the majority of

water

is used for the

food

industry

in two periods,

while

the amount of

water

required for the building

industry

accounted for the least compared with others. It is undeniable that, in 1997, the amount of

water

needed for the

food

industry

accounted for 48%, which was the largest proportion compared to others. During the same time frame,

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water

consumption in manufacturing tripled that in the building

industry

, there were 13% and 19% of the

water

required for service and household use, respectively. In the next ten years, the percentage of

water

used in the

food

industry

was not challenged, despite a slight drop of 7%. In the same year, households consumed 21% of

water

, which was roughly doubled the figure in manufacturing. In terms of the remaining fields,

whereas

the service

industry

is composed of one-fourth of

water

use, there was only 2% of the

water

needed for the building

industry

.