Opponents worry that the project, apart from its environmental risks, will overwhelm the innovative water conservation methods that rice-farmers are already using, and give the biggest water users an unfair advantage.

• 反对人士担心，工程不但会给环境造成诸多威胁，而且将导致稻农可能放弃现已采用的储水改良方法，最终受益的将是那些用水大户，这是不公平的。