This gooey silt sticks tenaciously to excavator shovels, but does not solidify easily. Thus it cannot be sold to gravel operators for building use. Nor is it suitable to supply the pottery works in Taipei County's Yingko Township, because it contains too many impurities, which make pottery crack during firing.
抽出的泥砂就黏在挖土機上，甩都甩不掉，難以固化，砂石業者抽砂造屋夢想粉碎，就近供應台北縣鶯歌鎮陶瓷業者製陶瓷，也因雜質太多，容易碎裂。