For instance, the Kaohsiung-Pingtung area of southern Taiwan has a long dry season and very irregular rainfall. With only one large river system, the Kaoping River, it lacks adequate water resources, and to this day Pingtung relies on pumping up groundwater. But despite this the area has been developed into a heavy industrial region with a high water consumption.
例如旱季長、雨量更不平均的南台灣高屏地區，大型河川只有高屏溪流域，水資源不足，屏東至今仍抽用地下水，卻被發展成用水量大的重工業區。