The slogans seen and heard around town range from "Save Meinung, oppose the reservoir" and "Good men and women oppose the reservoir to preserve the environment for their grandchildren" to "If the reservoir can be built, then shit can be eaten." Everyone in Meinung, young or old, male or female, intellectual or farmer, has something to say on the issue.
「反水庫，救美濃」「好男好女反水庫、好山好水留子孫」「水庫系築得，屎嘛食得」（水庫若能蓋，連糞都可以吃了），如今在美濃，不論男女老少、無論知識份子或農夫村婦，每個人都可以侃侃而談水庫議題。