IELTS Water Supply Diagram

The IELTS diagram below shows two diagrams in two different time periods. This diagram was not drawn by me but by an IELTS student called Shindhu who got this in the academic writing task 1 test. In 2021, a similar diagram was also report.

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IELTS Water Supply Diagram

IELTS Water Supply Diagram Present & Future 2015

Model Answer: Water Supply Diagram

The diagram illustrates the way the water supply system currently works in Australia and the plans for future changes. Overall, the main change in the future water supply system is based on recycling water for use in the city.

The current water supply system shows that pure water is stored in a dam before being transferred to a city to be used by households, shops and factories. From the city, storm water is directed straight into the river whereas waste water is sent to the water treatment plant to be processed. After the waste water is treated, it is safe to be released into the river.

Regarding the future water supply system, it can be seen that the storage of pure water in the dam and the uses of it in the city are the same as the previous system. However, both the storm water and waste water from the city are to be directed to the water treatment plant for processing after which they will both be recycled back for use in the city. It is planned that no water will be released into the river.

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  1. The given diagrams illustrate the mechanisms of Australia’s current water supply system and the plans for future adjustments. Overall, the key difference for future changes is based on recycling the water for use in the city instead of channeling it to the river.

    Australia’s current approach to supplying water in the city utilizes pure water stored in the dam for usage in households, factories, and shops. Consequently, the wastewater is directed to the water treatment plant to eliminate contaminants and remove impurities. Alongside the storm water from the city which does not undergo any process, the now safe waste water is released to the river.

    As for the future water supply system, the utilization of pure water from the storage for purposes in the city remains unchanged. However, it is planned that the waste water together with the storm water from the city be directed to the water treatment plant for treatment and purification processes. This is so that they both meet the safety standard and can be recycled back to the city. There will be no water released into the river at the end of the process.

    • You write well. However, your overview is limited. The overview is the most important part of your writing task 1. So, don’t limit it. Make sure to cover all key features or it will lower your score for Task Achievement.

  2. Daniel Santana says

    The figure depicts the current and new expected process in which water is provided in Australia.

    Overall, the main idea of the new system is to change the way in which both storm and waste water run to avoid being displaced into the river as it happens in the actual system.

    In this way, the current process consists of feeding the urban zone with clean water from the dam where it is stored. After this, the contaminated water goes to a plant where it is treated to later be poured into the river along with the water from rainfalls.

    Whereas under the new system, it is intended to seek that both kinds of water not fit for consumption instead of being deposited into the river, will be now stored in the water treatment plant to be later supplyed in the urban area. In this form, the city and its surroundings will be now provided not only with water from the dam but with treated water from the plant, leaving the river free of contaminated water.

  3. Kagan S. E says

    The diagram illustrates two types of water supply system (present water supply system and future water supply system) and how to process three types of water (pure water, storm water and waste water) in Australia.

    Overall, it can be seen that the number of steps for the water supply stages is the same for both of them. The stages includes a Dam/Storage phase, user phase, a water treatment plant and the river. It is easy to say by looking at the diagrams, there is going to be more sustainable way of using water in the future. At present system waste water went to the river, while future water supply created a recycling without sending water to the river.

    The storage phase is the same for both of them. After storage phase, water goes to households, shops, factories and to the city. The difference between two diagrams starts after this stage. At present system gives storm water directly to the river, on the other hand future future supply system gives it to the water treatment plant after it is used.

    Waste water always goes to the water treatment for both of them but, today’s water supply system sends it to the river while future water system pump it back.

  4. Al Sharier says

    The line graph below illustrates the number of products transported in the UK between 1974 from 2002.
    Overall, it shows that the most effective form of transportation was road throughout the whole time period and the least was pipeline.
    From 1974 to 1982, almost 70 million tonnes of products were transported via road. After this, it experienced a gradual increase and reached 80m tonnes in the year 1990. Although it dropped a little bit in 1994, transportation dramatically rose up to 95m tonnes where it remained almost unchanged for the next 2 years.
    The water and the rail were almost in the same quantity from 1974 to 1978 at 40m tonnes. After that, both showed an opposite trend. The waterway got increased to around 56m and remained almost constant until 1994 when it experienced a slit drop at 50m. However, in 1998 it gave a comeback and crossed the 60m at the end of the period. On the other hand, rail showed a fluctuating trend throughout the whole period and hardly crossed the 40m in 2002 where it was at the beginning.
    Although a few transportations were made by pipeline it showed an upward trend and crossed the 20m bar in 1994 from around 4m and remained consistent there from 1994 to 2003.

  5. Alaa Abdallah says

    The diagrams illustrate the process of water supply to different parts in Australia, and how the process will be improved in the future.

    Overall, the diagrams show that pure water is stored in a dam to be supplied to the households, factories, and shops. From the city, storm water is sent directly to the river and waste water is sent to the water treatment plant to be recycled, then, it is sent to the river.

    Nowadays, the dam stores pure water to be used when needed. This pure water is supplied to households, factories, and shops. Most of this water is polluted since it has been used by people at different parts of the city. Storm water is sent directly to the river while waste water must be treated before it is sent to the river, thus, it is sent to the water treatment plant where it goes through a cleaning process.

    In the future, pure water will be stored in the dam and will be supplied to households, factories, and shops as nowadays. The difference will be that both storm and waste water will be sent to the water treatment plant to clean and recycle it then resend it to the city. None of the waste water nor the storm water will be send to the river anymore.

  6. I have seen you preferring 4 paragraphs for bar & pie charts, but in the case of diagrams, I am noticing that you have used just one paragraph for both introduction and overview. Are we supposed to do the same?

    Here also you used 3 paras https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-diagram/

    • There are no rules in IELTS for this. I put the intro in the same paragraph as the overview with a diagram because the intro is often just a few words in length. As long as the two are easy to distinguish, it’s fine. This means that even if there is only one paragraph, you can identify the introduction and you can also identify the overview.

    • Karen D'silva says

      I have read so many model answers for writing task 1 which weren’t provided by you on other websites. I can easily say, yours are hands down the best. From paraphrasing, to grouping information in paragraphs, everything seems perfect.

      Also, hope you’re doing well. God bless for all that you’ve done. Thank you. 🙂

      • Glad you are enjoying my site. IELTS isn’t complicated. It is made complicated by others. Writing task 1 reports are not difficult. As you see a lot of it is actually logic, organisation, detail etc. There are no special tricks – just simple report writing.

  7. The digrams provides information about the water supply system in Australia at the present in the fisrt one and in future at the second one
    According to the digram water is being held in a dam or a water tank , pure clean water is being transferred to the use of households, factories and shops for every day use , waste water from the city goes straight in to the water treatment plant center so it can be purified and transformed in to the river as will as storm water
    The second digram illustrates that the future water system will no longer go in the river , purified water will be distributed to the same destinations households shops and factories, waste water will be transferred to the water treatment center and storm water will too .

  8. The graphic gives information about the water supply system working in Australia nowadays and also forecast the future plan of water supply.Three types of water are involved(pure water,stormwater and wastewater)
    Overall,pure water is supplied in Australia for different uses from dams and in the future,from water treatment plants too.Storm is expelling directly into the river,as compared to transfer for treatment in the future and waste water will not be thrown into the river.
    In the present time,fresh water from the storage tank or dams is transferred to shops,cities, factories and for household usage,but in the future plan,pure water will also be supplied back from the water purification plant.
    However,the wastewater of shops and other sources is moved to the water treatment system,for cleaning and from here,it is expelled into the river in the present plan.But in the future,no water will be thrown into the river same for the stormwater which will also be directed for treatment as against expelling into the river nowadays.

  9. Santhosh Kumar says

    The flow chart illustrates how the water supply system currently works in Australia. It also shows the plan for future changes.
    Overall, the most striking feature of the chart is about recycling of waste water and storm water. While now only the waste water is being recycled and storm water directly goes to the river, in future this system will change that every water will be recycled and send back to city for use.
    Currently, Pure water which was stored in dam is directly going to city for households, shops, and factories. After being used, the waste water draining from city is directly going to water treatment plant for recycling process before flowing to the river. On the other hand, storm water from city is directly running into the river without any hindrance.
    In the new plan, there was no change in the storage of pure water in the dam and sending it to city for usage. However, as the major change, both the waste water and storm water from the city will be sent to recycling unit and directed to the city again after being processed. Therefore, as per the new plan no water will be flowed to the river from either city or treatment plant.

  10. Dr Ola says

    You are amazing. Thanks 😊

  11. What if I say ‘drawings’ instead of ‘diagrams’? Would I be negatively scored for that?

    • IT is not an appropriate word to use and that falls under the marking criterion of Vocabulary which is 25% of your marks.

    • I got this same writing task in test performed in New Zealand on 12 dec,2019; unluckily I could not respond like this. I used clean water for clean water no change of words and my response said water goes to the city, it looks wrong too. Things would have different if I have read this task written by dear Liz. 🙁

  12. Hi Liz!

    I’m confused….is it really”
    The diagram illustrates or the two diagrams illustrate?

  13. Hi Liz! Your tips and ideas have been very helpful… I would like to express a cordial gratitude for your effort… I have a small query. Do we need an overview for a diagram/ process writing?
    BEST Regards,
    Alisha

  14. Parmeet says

    Is there anything like this that diagram has to be written in passive voice always?
    Thanks

  15. Hi Liz and readers,

    Do you think these paragraphs will score 7 and above for WT1?

    The diagram illustrates the way different kinds of water (pure, storm and waste) flows from the area where it’s kept going to the river and water treatment plant in Australia in two different time periods (present and future).

    Overall, pure water comes presently from the Dam and is sent to the households, factories, shops and city which is the same with the future water supply system. The current water supply transfers the storm water to the river as opposed to the future system where it will go directly to the water treatment plant straight from the city.

    The water used now by the households, shops, factories and city goes to the water treatment plant and is being pushed to the river whereas in the future water supply system, waste water will be pushed back to the households as pure water which is the same process they will do with regards to the storm water.

  16. prathmesh says

    Can i use the word The above pictorial representation illustrates…. for the start of introduction instead of the the diagram below shows…? is it fine?

    • A diagram is a diagram – you do not need to change that word. There are plenty of other words that can be paraphrased.

  17. Respected Madam,
    Almost whole Task 1 answer is written in Passive Voice Tenses. Is it feasible?
    thanks

  18. Alex Logan says

    I wish i could write like this or atleast similar to this on my paper

  19. Hi Liz.
    I love your site. It is really helpful. I want to ask you about task 2 for writing. I saw in a comment you told a guy whe the question says “is it a negative or a possitive effect?” You said you have to choose only one of them because of the word OR. What about when the question says “to what extent do you agree or disagree?” Is it the same I can only write about one of them but not both?
    Thank you in advance Liz!

  20. Dear Liz,
    Hello. I am living in an village in north of Iran. when I come to the closest small town, I download and print your valuable lessons for IELTS. I would like to express my feeling and thanks for your great web page and it’s excellent lesson. there is no teacher for English here and you gave us this chance to learn pure English and the best usage of it.

    • I’m really pleased you can benefit from my blog 🙂
      Good luck with your studies .
      Liz

  21. Hi Liz!

    In what country did this question come out? 🙂

  22. The chart given depicts the flow of present and future water supply system in Australia.

    At present, water supply system in Australia starts at the Dam, wherein water is being stored, it will then supply pure water to City for the consumer usage like households, shops, and factories. Consequently, after usage, waste water flows to a Water treatment plant and will finally released to the river, as well as the storm water from the City.
    However, water supply system in the future will be directed to the Water treatment plant. Waste water from the City, also the storm water will be released directly to the treatment plant. Households, shops, factories and alike will received pure water from the Dam and Water treatment plant.

    In the end, it can be concluded that the projected future water supply system excludes the river on the system and all of the unclean water will be directed to Water treatment plan for recycling.

    HI maam! Just tried this chart and If you could please mark my work? Many thanks! 🙂

  23. Hello! I would just like to ask if its okay not to have an overview of the topic on the intro part? Instead, a conclusion on the last part? Thanks in advance 🙂

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