"Taiwan is going to have to rely on non-engineering methods to resolve the problem of water shortages," says Lee Hong-yuan, former director of the Water Conservation Bureau in the old Taiwan Provincial Government. Lee points out that water resources in Taiwan pose huge challenges, since water engineering projects often cannot resolve the serious problems of flooding and water shortages.
「台灣必須仰賴非工程手段才能解決水的窘境，」前省府水利處處長、台大土木工程系教授李鴻源表示，目前台灣水利工作面臨極大挑戰，工程手段已無法解決嚴重的淹水、缺水問題。