FY 2014 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 FY2014.

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". 17,328 samples from 511 golf courses were measured

in the survey and no sample of the drains exceeded reference values of concentrations set in the

Guideline (Table 1 and Table 2).

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