This was a low-ranking organization, equal in stature to other agencies concerned with water resource management such as the reservoir administration bureaus in each region which were directly under the Department of Reconstruction and not under the jurisdiction of the Water Conservancy Bureau.
過去省府負責水利的機關乃是建設廳底下的水利局，層級低，又與其他水利相關機關平行，如各地水庫管理局就直屬於建設廳，而不隸屬於水利局。