But today the shoreline of Pali on the south side of the river's estuary is continuously receding, the pillboxes of the coastal defenses are sinking down, and even the Pali Sewage Treatment Works, originally 250 meters from the shore, is gradually moving closer and closer to the water's edge.
如今緊臨河口南端的八里海岸卻不斷後退，海防碉堡沈陷，原本離海岸兩百多公尺遠的八里汙水處理廠，也逐步向大海邁進。