Consumptive use of water in the Australian economy in 2004 & ndash; 05 was 18.8 BCM ( 6.4 per cent of resources ), with the agriculture sector the largest user ( 65 per cent ), followed by household use ( 11 per cent ).
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There are numerous measures of water use, including total water use, drinking water consumption, non-consumptive use, withdrawn water use ( from surface and groundwater sources ), instream use, water footprint, etc . Each of these ( and other ) measures of water use is appropriate for some purposes and inappropriate for others.
