Long before the disaster, the Administrative District Office sent a water pump to the scene, after local villagers complained about fetid water seeping into the residential district. This still failed to prevent the accident.
鄉公所早在事發前即曾接到村民反映有臭水滲到住家附近，當時也曾調度抽水機到現場抽水，但仍無法防止這場意外。