arielnsb13March 29, 2015 at 8:55 PM
Ariel Chivers Section 50 Is the water used to water golf courses recycled? Are there conflicts with wildlife at golf courses?
Anna S. Sec. 01April 19, 2015 at 6:26 PM
What
are the negative effects of these chemicals? Do the chemicals harm
and/or kill any wildlife that live in or drink the pond water?
Thanks for the Questions Ariel & Anna.
First Ariel; the answer is some do utilize reclaimed water for irrigation some don't. We at our course do not. The limiting factor to this is land. If the developer has enough land to invest in a full sized golf course then there should be no need to purchase water from a municipality. Plenty should fall as precipitation and the designer should have installed enough water holding capacity to accommodate the irrigation system. We seldom have any mishaps with wildlife other than an occasional fox running after a golf ball, or raccoons in the garbage.
Anna your question is very broad, what chemicals are you referring too? if you are talking about N & P then you must read some more of my posts because all of them will only begin to answer your question! In short nitrogen and phosphate in excess can and will cause an over stimulation of photosynthetic organisms resulting in eutrophication of a water body which results in a depletion of Oxygen which will not only harm aquatic creatures, but can kill them if it is depleted too much. As far as wildlife that drinks the water. I have not a clue that would be for another whole set of parameters. My research has to do with water chemistry and the effects that has on water quality.
