Instead the things the river is most known for are the large stretches of watermelon plots and the flocks of wild geese that gather at the river mouth. But the river itself continues to flow, and to this day continues to run through the irrigation channels into the rice paddies of the area, nourishing the earth and bringing life to Lungching.
如今，大肚溪運輸功能喪失，出海港也消失了，取而代之的是溪床上大片的西瓜田和溪口群聚的雁鳥，但涓流不息的大肚溪水，迄今仍透過密佈的灌溉渠道流入稻田，滋養著龍井鄉生生不息。