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

The two pie charts compare the percentage of total water 1consumedused by five sectors in Sydney, Australia, in 1997 and 2007. Overall, the food industry remained the largest consumer in both years, although its share fell. By contrast, the building industry 2registered the lowest water consumptionused the least water and declined further. The most noticeable change was the 3sharp rise in water use by the service industrysharp rise in the service industry, while manufacturing decreased and household use stayed relatively stable. In 1997, the food industry accounted for 448% of the total water use, representing nearly half48% of total water use, nearly half of the total and far more than any other sector. Household use was the 5second-largest categorysecond largest category, at 19%, followed by manufacturing at 15% and the service industry at 13%. The building industry made up only 5%. By 2007, the food industry’s proportion had dropped by 7 percentage points to 41%, but it was 6still the dominant consumer.still the biggest user. 7Water consumption in the service industry nearly doubledThe service industry almost doubled, rising from 13% to 25%, and overtook both household use and manufacturing. Household consumption increased only slightly, from 19% to 21%. Manufacturing fell from 15% to 11%8; consequently, the gap between, so the gap between the service industry and manufacturing widened from 2 percentage points 9to 14 percentage points.to 14. The building industry continued to decline, 10falling to a minimal 2%.reaching just 2%.