Compared to the peak flood volume during Morakot of 400 million tons per day at the Xinpi Bridge downstream, the flood dissipation capacity of the Dachaozhou artificial lake would be indeed pathetically small.
以這次莫拉克洪峰流量，下游的新埤大橋一天就有 4 億噸來看（中上游水量較少），大潮州人工湖的滯洪能力的確少得可憐。