in the 1990s, during the first term of then-manila mayor alfredo lim, he convinced mwss administrator mr. luis e. v. sison to bring back the carriedo fountain to manila. mwss agreed but requested that the fountain be replicated. the company commissioned national artist napoleon abueva to replicate the original carriedo fountain in the spot where it was relocated. abueva worked for one year using plaster as the primary material to create a rendition that would not be suspected as a replica.