Water wars In the 2002, when Hsinchu was suffering from a major water shortage, factories in the science park protested to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. As a result, the government forced farmers to stop irrigating. It caused quite a controversy.
搶水大戰民國九十一年新竹地區大缺水，科學園區廠商向經濟部提出抗議，結果政府以強制農民休耕、移撥農業用水方式因應，引發了各界論戰。