The bar chart below shows the average Australian water consumption in selected cities for last year. The pie chart shows the distribution of Australian water consumption for last year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar

chart

illustrates the average

water

use

in six cities in Australia,

whereas

the pie

chart

compares how

water

consumption was distributed in six different fields in 2014.

Overall

, the highest

water

use

was recorded in Perth,

while

in Canberra was the least.

Besides

, a significant amount of

water

was used in agricultural practices.

However

, mining ranked

last

among all fields.

According to

the bar

chart

, nearly 300

kilolitres

of

water

was used in Perth, standing first among six cities. The figures for the cities of Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane were almost the same, ranking between 200 and 250

kilolitres

. There was little difference in the amount of

water

consumption in Canberra and Melbourne, as the former stood

last

at about 140

kilolitres

. of

water

,

while

the figure for the latter was lower by a margin of 10

kilolitres

. Regarding the pie

chart

, agriculture had the highest share with 67%.

In contrast

, the proportion of

water

use

in mining and manufacturing saw the least, with 2% and 4%, respectively. The

use

of

water

in households,

water

supply, sewage and drainage, and electricity and gas supply was almost the same (less than 10%). The remaining 4% was in other industries.