"Although illegal wells can be filled and sealed up according to the law, if there is no water source to replace them, suddenly sealing them will certainly endanger people's livelihood." This is openly admitted in the Water Resources Agency's "Land Subsidence Prevention Report." Because every well sealing leads to opposition, the police have to be brought in.
「封填違法水井雖然於法有據，若無其他替代水源，驟然封井必將危及民眾生計，」水利署的「地層下陷防治檢討報告」不諱言，由於每次封井都遭致民眾抗爭，必須動員警力，阻礙重重，還不時遭地方議會刪除預算，因此地方政府執行意願低落。