In an attempt to prevent such floods, various measures have been implemented since the Meiji period such as building Setagawa-araizeki Barrage, the drainage of Oguraike Lake and its isolation from the Uji-gawa River, and the Shin-Yodogawa-kaisaku (new project of cutting the river wider).
この為明治以降瀬田川洗堰建設や巨椋池の宇治川からの離断・干拓、新淀川開鑿等様々な対策を講じていた。