Press Release
October 21, 2013
- Water & Soil
FY 2012 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses
The Ministry of the Environment has collected the results of monitoring surveys of agricultural chemicals in golf course drains, which is conducted by local governments and regional environment offices in FY 2012.
The monitoring surveys were conducted in accordance with the "Tentative Guideline for the Prevention of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used in Golf Courses", hereinafter referred to as "the Guideline". 23,205 samples from 555 golf courses were measured in the survey and no sample of the drains exceeded reference values of concentrations set in the Guideline.
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