However, other water resource managers believe the special new laws applying to the Feitsui Reservoir have been enacted because "the Feitsui Reservoir supplies water to the capital, and is therefore valued more highly by the central government." A Shihmen Reservoir employee says that within Shihmen's water catchment area there are also aboriginal residents who demand compensation, but there is no legal framework under which to address their claims.
但針對翡翠水庫施行的單行法，在其他水源管理人眼中，「翡翠水庫因為提供的是首善之區台北市水源，受到中央較多重視」，石門水庫職員說，石門水源區內也有原住民要求補償，卻無法可據。