Given Taiwan's high mountains and swift rivers, constructing reservoirs is the most effective way to solve water shortage problems. In the present situation, with the government stressing economic development above conservation and environmental groups protesting, society has not reached a consensus on the subject of water resources.
台灣自然環境山高水急，興建水庫是解決缺水問題最有效的辦法，目前政府重開發、輕保育的情形，常為保育團體所詬病。