The only real solution is to respect nature and restore nature's own defenses: On slopeland, construction and farming must be replaced by reforestation and soil conservation. In the lowlands, wetlands and rural ponds must be left intact so that "the water always has a place to go." Otherwise the problem will never be resolved.
因此治本之道，還是在於尊重自然、做好國土復育──山坡地要重新造林並做好水土保持，平地要廣泛開闢滯洪區和農塘，超抽地下水的沿海養殖業則應鐵腕根除，「讓水有地方可去」，否則只會陷入「愈整治愈糟糕」的惡性循環中。