But today, 40 years later, the population in the Taoyuan region has increased dramatically and many factories have grown up in the industrial areas. The function of the reservoir has long since changed from irrigation to providing public water, but the channels have remained the same.
但四十年後的今天，桃園地區人口大增，工業區內工廠林立，水庫的功能早已由農業灌溉轉為公共用水，但取水道仍沿用過去灌溉用取水道。