A report by the Industrial Technology Research Institute, published in June 1996 by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, stated that in 1995 residents of Taipei City used an average of 360 liters of water per person per day, almost a third more than the 231 liters used by residents of Taiwan Province.
經濟部八十五年六月公佈工業技術研究院的研究指出，八十四年度台北市民平均每日用水量三百六十公升，比台灣省居民的二百三十一公升多出近三分之一。