FY 2021 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 2021.

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 36,315 samples from 1,605 golf courses were measured in the surveys, and 16 samples of the drains exceeded reference values of concentrations set in the Guideline (Table 1 and Table 2). The reference values are as of February 16, 2022.