Just found this tidbit on how Bethpage Black is Audubon Certified and uses effluent water for irrigation, right on! Bethpage Green has been playing with reduced pesticide rates for a while with the help of Rossi and Jennifer Grant, check out this link and this one too. Easy to see the natural beauty of the site in this video.
Here are some effluent links for your reading pleasure, most are pro's, but the last one describes one of the con's, all good reads.
Just found this tidbit on how Bethpage Black is Audubon Certified and uses effluent water for irrigation, right on! Bethpage Green has been playing with reduced pesticide rates for a while with the help of Rossi and Jennifer Grant, check out this link and this one too. Easy to see the natural beauty of the site in this video.
Here are some effluent links for your reading pleasure, most are pro's, but the last one describes one of the con's, all good reads.
I subscribe to a number of golf publications to keep up to date with industry advancements. I've cut my print subscriptions down throughout the years and instead sign up for a lot of web-based e-zines.
One of which is the Golfdom Insider. Golfdom is a great source of information for anyone who works in the golf industry, they aim to be an "upscale publication designed to fill the niche between the highly technical association journal and the newsy tabloids".
They cover a huge amount of environmental issues, here's a few links from their site: Joe Hubbard - The Natural
I subscribe to a number of golf publications to keep up to date with industry advancements. I've cut my print subscriptions down throughout the years and instead sign up for a lot of web-based e-zines.
One of which is the Golfdom Insider. Golfdom is a great source of information for anyone who works in the golf industry, they aim to be an "upscale publication designed to fill the niche between the highly technical association journal and the newsy tabloids".
They cover a huge amount of environmental issues, here's a few links from their site: Joe Hubbard - The Natural
Theres a lot of talk about Dubai in the world of golf. Recently the city held the Dubai Desert Classic, won by Tiger Woods for the second time, and it has been named the home to the European Tours Dubai World Championship, with $10 Million purse.
Dubai is known for its excessive developments, some of which are using green technologies. The golf industry is no exception, as all the courses are using effluent sourced water for irrigation, mostly due to scarcity of freshwater. Although this is very resource intensive, it's good to see alternative uses for waste water.
Golf development has increased considerably, ten years ago there was only two courses, now there's ten. There are quite a few more on the way to, like the Legends Course which will comprise of the worlds top nine holes, all within a massive $17.7 Billion project called Dubialand.
I suspect the course will look something like this: http://robots.cnnsi.com/2005/writers/scott_wraight/03/08/wraight.front9.031005/
Theres a lot of talk about Dubai in the world of golf. Recently the city held the Dubai Desert Classic, won by Tiger Woods for the second time, and it has been named the home to the European Tours Dubai World Championship, with $10 Million purse.
Dubai is known for its excessive developments, some of which are using green technologies. The golf industry is no exception, as all the courses are using effluent sourced water for irrigation, mostly due to scarcity of freshwater. Although this is very resource intensive, it's good to see alternative uses for waste water.
Golf development has increased considerably, ten years ago there was only two courses, now there's ten. There are quite a few more on the way to, like the Legends Course which will comprise of the worlds top nine holes, all within a massive $17.7 Billion project called Dubialand.
I suspect the course will look something like this: http://robots.cnnsi.com/2005/writers/scott_wraight/03/08/wraight.front9.031005/
