This caused siltation to such a degree that the water became turbid, and water quality was so poor that supply had to be halted, leaving hundreds of thousands of households in the Taoyuan area without running water for more than two weeks.
洪水夾帶的大量土石、枯木沖入石門水庫，導致嚴重淤積、水質混濁，引發桃園地區數十萬戶居民二個多星期無水可用。