People also are relying on the river's water more and more. Now not only has Changliang built a dike for irrigation, but several boroughs in Yuli township on the east bank of the Hsiukuluan River also rely on drawing water from the Lele to supplement their irrigation water during the dry season.
水源豐沛的樂樂溪，人們也對其依賴日殷﹘﹘如今不但長良里的農田再度圍堤、越過清水溪引樂樂溪水灌溉，玉里鎮在秀姑巒溪東岸（河東）的幾個里，每逢旱季也倚靠樂樂溪補充灌溉水的不足。