A Ministry of the Interior official says another factor is that development around the reservoir involves numerous Taoyuan County urban and rural townships. The local government has constantly issued construction permits, and the provincial government has done nothing to prevent them.
內政部官員也表示，水庫周邊的開發因牽涉桃園多個鄉鎮，地方政府不斷發建照、省府也並未加以阻攔。