I think the Salamanders may be a lot less developed than Mudokons, and hence highly naive - if some creature comes charging through the land after Stranger (who Sapph said seemed to have some kind of unspoken relationship with the Sals), they're going to be concerned for Stranger, or at least concerned about whether Blisterz shoots him, but not place any connection between that and the Valley drying up.
And the fact that 'The Filthy Clan', if that is what these Outlaws are called, are outlawed by what we currently recognise as the Industrials is not particularly indicative of anything. Flint McGee runs a huge illegal mining operation, so what is there to stop a huge illegal dam being built? Since the only Mudos society present seems to be the Clakkerz, I doubt they'd have the resources to march up to this criminal group and issue fines and dates for court appearances. This is still assuming that the Outlaws aren't just outlawed by the rural Clakkerz.
And I was much suprised by there being Oddworld law which can be broken. The Vykkers had to work to have the law changed to allow their twisted practices, but that was probably a long time ago.
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