Yet water consumption habits can't be changed overnight. In 1994 the government began promoting a policy of water conservation. But after ten years the total amount conserved each year amounts to only 120 MCM.
然而要改變用水習慣非一蹴可幾，政府自民國八十三年開始推動「節約用水」政策，歷經十年，至今全年民生、工業用水的省水量也不過才 1.2 億噸。