Looking at the tragedy that befell Xiaolin Village, some environmentalists are pointing the blame at the Zengwen River Channeling Project, which redirected the Laonong River. They suspect that the water diversion tunnels have weakened the mountains and destabilized the land on the hillsides, contributing to the landslides.
針對此次高雄甲仙小林村的滅村悲劇，部分環保人士首先將矛頭指向曾文水庫的「越域引水計畫」──將荖濃溪水引至曾文水庫，他們懷疑，在引水隧道施工炸山下，是否擾動了山林水土，造成獻肚山崩山？