Yesterday we learned that we have successfully completed our Wildlife and Habitat Management and our Water Conservation segments for the Audubon Certification with our Chemical Use and Reduction and Safety as well as our Water Quality pending. Once those are complete this leaves us with our last segment titled Education and Outreach.
Our water quality testing involved a kit that we purchased to help us with this requirement. We took samples of water entering the golf course property to leaving the golf course property and it was quite interesting what we found. From at first glance you could easily tell how good the water was leaving the property compared to entering and from our test for example our nitrate and phosphate levels were much lower leaving the golf course, two important nutrient factors that Maryland is trying to reduce going into the Chesapeake Bay. We feel very good about that and will continue to do our part for the environment.
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| Testing kit |
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| The cup on the far right is the incoming water from the homes, while the cup on the far left is the water leaving the property. |
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| Will you look at that! Water on the far left is much cleaner leaving the golf course. |
Another note of news today is we have been certified in the Ground Water Guardian Program. This is a similar program like the Audubon program for golf courses but its main focus is protecting and conserving the ground water. We received a plaque to show off in the club house and a sign to mount out side. For more information please go to www.groundwater.org.
