Ch'aochou Mayor Ts'ai Pen-jen explains, "Originally the water situation of the nearby towns was similar to ours. But we never had a big firm like Taiwan Sugar come here, nor did fish farming, which uses a great deal of water, develop here in a big way. So we never lost this natural resource."
蔡本仁為潮州這項得天獨厚的條件解釋說：「其實從前潮州周圍各鄉和潮州一樣，地下水源源不絕，只是潮州沒有糖廠和大規模的養鰻中心大量抽水，所以保存了這項天然資源。」