"Actually, Taipei may be one of the cities with the greatest investment in flood control in the world," says Hsu Hung-hsi, chairman of the Water Resources Planning Commission in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Flood control planning for the Tamsui River basin got started as early as 1960. In 1969 the Ministry of Economic Affairs took over the responsibility for flood control planning for the greater Taipei area.
「事實上，台北可能是全世界防洪投資最高的都市之一」，經濟部水資源委員會主任委員須洪熙說，國內在環境生態、交通捷運量等問題還未「熱門」前，防洪和水利已是政府最早投資的公共建設項目，從民國四十九年，台灣省水利局就開始研擬北區防洪計畫（即淡水河系防洪計畫）。