The 4th APWS Presentation Materials
We live on the groundwater, the water of life.
The Foundation for the Preservation of Green and Water Resources of Higo◆11 cities, towns and villages including Kumamoto City
◆100% of water supply comes from groundwater

One million people live right above
groundwater

Ｇroundwater(Public water)

Managing irreplaceable groundwater resources for our descendants☆Established in 1987 : The Higo Bank, Ltd. Introduced“Higo’s Water Resources Protection Award”＆＆cooperated to establish
Launched an initiative to promote the awarenessfor water resources3☆１９９２： Funded by The Higo Bank, Ltd.
Establishment of the‘Higo Water Resources Protection Foundation’Started full-scale groundwater conservation practice activities☆２００８：Name was changed to‘The Foundation for the Preservationof Green and Water Resources of Higo’
Expanding activities into areas related to groundwater4◆１９８７年～

Main activities

１．Subsidy Program
・Higo Water and Greenery
Protection Award

Subsidies to environmental
activity groups

２.AwarenessProgram
・”Water :the Essential
Resource forLife”DVD

Enlightenment forgroundwater conservation

３．Aso Program（１）Ｔｒｅｅ ｐｌａｎｔｉｎｇ（２）Ｒｉｃｅ ｆａｒｍｉｎｇ（３）Ｇｒａｓｓｌａｎｄ Ｒｅｇｅｎｅｒａｔｉｏｎ

Groundwater conservationactivities
5「Water：Essential Resource for Life」 movie (5 minutes)
Japanese and English versions will be broadcast.
【Contents】
・Location of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu
・Groundwater formation mechanism in Kumamoto
・Current status of groundwater in Kumamoto
・Groundwater recharge activities of the Foundation○ Rice cultivation in terraced paddy fields○ Tree planting activity○ Aso grassland maintenanceAir and water temperature◆Sustainable Spring Water Conservation Project“Legacy Lessons" for Young People
・Started from 9 elementary and junior highschools in Kumamoto City
(1) Detecting changes by continuing to record
water quality data
(2) Survey and observation of waterfront
ecosystems(3) Cleaning up the spring area

Nitrate-Nitrogen◆1,333 Spring sites in Kumamoto Prefecture

Kikuchiwater source

AriakeSea

IkeyamaHyuga Nada

Yashirowater source

Sea

Yoshimuta
water source

Kagoshima Bay8◆Threat of water and living without water

TsunamiFlood disaster"The 2011 Off the Pacific Coast“Heavy Rain in July 2020”ofTohoku Earthquake"

Water outage

Hitoyoshi"2016 Kumamoto Earthquake"◆Preparing for Disasters

2017 Installation of disasterprevention wells at Higo Bank(Head office and 10 branches)◆Water and preventionof new coronavirus infection

Washing hands and gargling◆水五訓（黒田如水）“The Five Precept of Water”
一、自ら活動して他を動かしむるは水なり
1.

It is water that moves others by its own action.

©2010熊本県くまモン

一、常に己の進路を求めて止まざるは水なり
1. It

is water that always seek its own path and never stop.

一、障害にあい激しくその勢力を百倍し得るは水なり
1. It is water that can multiply its strength a hundredfold in the face of obstacles.
一、自ら潔うして他の汚れを洗い清濁併せいるるの量あるは水なり
1. It is water that cleans itself, cleanses other impurities, and mixes with turbidity.
一、洋々として大洋を充たし発しては蒸気となり雲となり雨となり雪と変じ霰と化し凍っては玲瓏たる鏡となりしかもその性を失わざるは水なり
1. It is water that when it fills the ocean it becomes steam, clouds, rain, turns to snow
and then to hail, and when it condenses, it becomes an ice like a clear mirror, but it
is water that never loses its nature.
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