But the Keelung River hasn't had a big flood for a long time, and many people have moved into its water-flow area illegally. Some 12,000 illegal households now live in the Pinchiang area alone.
但基隆河已久未有大水患，行水區違法住進許多人，如濱江地區目前已有一萬二千多戶的違建戶。