In a report entitled "Feitsui and Shih men--Comparison of a Protected Reservoir and a Reservoir Open to General Development," Professor Chiang Tsun-kuo of NTU's agricultural engineering department notes that in fact the developed areas upstream of the Feitsui Reservoir are larger in area than those above the Shihmen Reservoir.
台大農業工程系教授張尊國在「翡翠與石門﹘ ﹘保育類水庫與綜合開發類水庫的比較研究」報告中指出，翡翠水庫上游人為開發面積其實比石門水庫多。