The table below shows the water usage for different purposes in six different countries in 2001. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The table illustrates the proportion of
water
used for three purposes in six nations in 2001. Overall
, agriculture is shared by far the largest in most countries except Canada
and Australia
, whose usage of water
for industry and domestic was the highest of all respectively.
Starting with the chart for agriculture and industry, the United Kingdom
, China and India consumed a large percentage of water
for farming with the United Kingdom
being the most dominant with 90%. In addition
, Japan used twice as much as Australia
with 66% while
Canada
used only 5%. In contrast
, the industry was the area that many countries used the least rate of water
, for it was less than 10% in the United Kingdom
, China, Australia
, and India with Australia
accounting for the least at 2%. Furthermore
, the country with the largest share of water
usage was Canada
with 32%, which was almost twice as much as that of Japan.
Turning to the table for domestic, each nation spent a different percentage of water
. For instance
, there were higher rates of water
consumption in Canada
and Australia
with 63%and 65%, followed by Japan and India with 19% and 10% respectively. On the other hand
, the United Kingdom
and China had a small proportion with 6% or less.Submitted by mizuho on
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