"Every day the water workers release water according to the association's timetable: at such and such a time the water inlet will be closed for this district and it will be another district's turn to get water," Chung explains. "They also go out to the fields to make inspections." During the dry season, there is frequent squabbling. "Why do his fields get so much water?"
「掌水工每天依水利會安排的灌溉時序管理各區塊的灌水時段和水量，這區時間到了就把出水口堵住，換下一區，還要在田間來回巡視，」鍾美貞解釋，每逢少雨季節，就會不時傳出搶水事件，「為什麼他家的田就可以吃那麼多水？」