Press Release
September 13, 2018
- Water & Soil
FY 2017 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 2017.
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", hereinafter referred to as "the Guideline". A total of 38,927 samples from 1,435 golf courses were measured in the surveys, and three samples of the drains exceeded reference values of concentrations set in the Guideline (Table 1 and Table 2). The values are as of March 22, 2018.
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