Taoyuan County commissioner Chu Li-lun, aside from issuing a high-decibel demand that the central government quickly solve the Taoyuan water shortage, took measures to increase supply and ration usage. Top priority was given to water for home use. The county's more than 1,600 registered underground wells were opened for public use and the ban on drilling deep wells was temporarily lifted.
縣長朱立倫除了高分貝要求中央儘速解決桃園缺水問題外，並採取開源節流措施，一切以民生用水優先，開放縣內登記有案的一千六百多口地下水井供民眾取水，並暫時取消挖掘深水井的限制，允許民眾基於用水需要，自行挖井。