Tzeng Ren-yow remarks, "Over the last two or three years, attention has been focused on flooding." However, Tzeng himself is far more concerned about the coming drought. "Droughts are more costly than floods. Fields lie fallow; reservoirs run short of water; factories have their water cut off; there is little water for residential use; rivers become less able to cleanse themselves.
「這兩三年，大家的焦點都在洪水，」曾仁佑更擔心蓄勢待發的乾旱症候，「旱災的損失更大，休耕、水庫缺水、工廠停水、民生用水匱乏、河川淨化作用減低… …，連串問題將接踵而至。」