The city has once again been split into districts for water rationing. Apart from the current water shortage in Taipei, most of the hubbub over drought in recent years has focused on central and southern Taiwan. The most severe situation was a 1993 drought that afflicted Pingtung, central Taiwan, and Kinmen.
台北市之外，近年中南部更經常鬧水荒，其中最嚴重的一次是在民國八十二年，屏東出現十三年來的大旱災；中部地區也出現久旱不雨，金門更出現二十四年最嚴重的水荒。