The order of water use, from biggest use to smallest, in Australia is:

agriculture
household
services
manufacturing
mining

Surprised? Don’t forget that agriculture incldues crops, livestock, tree farms and flowers.

As for how much, well out of 10 litres of water used in Australia, 7 litres are used by agriculture! That doesn’t leave much for the other users!

The break up is about

agriculture - 7 liters
household - 1.2 litre
services - 1.1 litre
manufacturing - .3 litres
mining - .3 litres

I wonder how we can cut back agriculture’s water use?