At a press conference promoting the 1998 Kaohsiung Metropolis Exhibition in Taipei, Deputy Mayor Lin Join-sane said that Kaohsiung's water has in fact clearly improved. He points out that since 1994, Kaohsiung has been separating water based on whether it was to go to industry or residences. Some of the water used by residents comes from the Nanhua Reservoir, less than 1 percent of which isn't up to grade.
副市長林中森在台北的行銷記者會上表示，高雄地區的飲水問題其實已有明顯的改善，他指出，從民國八十三年起，高雄開始將民生用水與工業用水分離，部份民生用水來自南化水庫，不合格率已低於百分之一。