As a result of reclamation, Tungting Hu, which is still the country's largest reed producing area, has lost some 240,000 mu of reeds to land reclamation.
圍湖期間，洞庭曾毀去廿四萬畝葦田，如今雖仍保持全國第一，但賴以為生的居民，仍有「圍一次田，受十年窮」的怨言。