In the 1970s, as the irrigation authorities saw their clean water turning turgid, there was a reaction and "Taiwan Province Irrigation-Use Water Quality Standards" were established.
一九七○年代，水利單位眼見清水變濁水，有了反應，立了「台灣省灌溉用水水質標準」，其中規定對汙染禍首可處以刑法。