Press Release
October 20, 2023
- Water & Soil
FY 2022 Survey Results of Agricultural Chemicals in Drainage Waters of Golf Courses
The Ministry of the Environment has collected the results of monitoring surveys of agricultural chemicals in drainage waters of golf courses, conducted by local government in FY 2022.
The monitoring surveys were conducted in accordance with the “Guideline for the Prevention of Water Pollution, and Damage to Aquatic Animals and Plants by Agricultural Chemicals Used in Golf Courses”. A total of 34,999 samples from 1,904 golf courses were measured in the surveys, and 8 samples of the drains exceeded reference values of concentrations set in the Guideline (Table 1 and Table 2). The reference values are as of March 9, 2023.
The monitoring surveys were conducted in accordance with the “Guideline for the Prevention of Water Pollution, and Damage to Aquatic Animals and Plants by Agricultural Chemicals Used in Golf Courses”. A total of 34,999 samples from 1,904 golf courses were measured in the surveys, and 8 samples of the drains exceeded reference values of concentrations set in the Guideline (Table 1 and Table 2). The reference values are as of March 9, 2023.
