At the same time that the entire island is suffering from a water shortage, various other problems have come to the surface as a result of the shortage, including leaking water mains and the silting of reservoirs. Because these would respectively require NT $ 100 billion and NT $ 10 billion to fix, the problems have elicited a lot of passionate discussion.
全台抗旱同時，藉由缺水暴露出的水管漏水嚴重、水庫淤泥需要清除等問題也浮上台面，由於分別需要千億、百億預算，引起朝野熱烈討論。