On the other side we have the dean of National Sun Yat-sen University's Center for Water Resource Studies, Chen Pang-fu. Chen is of the opinion that despite the invaluable contributions of the Tachia plants to Taiwan's early economic growth, the accumulation of silt in Tachia River has lessened their generation capacities, and the time has come to tear down the dams and let the river return to its original condition.
相反的，中山大學水資源研究中心主任陳邦富卻認為，儘管大甲溪電力對早期台灣的經濟貢獻功不可沒，如今大甲溪淤積，水力發電效能大不如前，正應該是拆除大壩，還原大甲溪原貌的時候了。