{"id":35986,"date":"2026-01-20T13:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/?p=35986"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:26:49","slug":"sustainability-series-part-2-golf-in-a-nature-reserve-that-means-water-matters-more-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/sustainability-series-part-2-golf-in-a-nature-reserve-that-means-water-matters-more-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Series | Part 2: Golf in a nature reserve? That means water matters more than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Espiche Golf course is built on karst limestone, which hosts a natural aquifer beneath it\u2014a water lens vital to the surrounding ecosystem.\u00a0<br>Water is one of the most critical issues for golf course management. That\u2019s why Espiche Golf has adopted a responsible approach to both water consumption and water quality. Every six months, water quality is monitored by accredited entities to ensure key parameters stay within safe and sustainable limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-77-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-77-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-77-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-77-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-77-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-77-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Espiche Golf conserves up to one-third less water than other regional courses by using drought-resistant grasses, modern irrigation, and climate-responsive monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are proud to demonstrate how sustainability and sport can coexist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-42-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-42-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-42-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-42-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-42-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EG_GOLF-42-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Espiche Golf course is built on karst limestone, which hosts a natural aquifer beneath it\u2014a water lens vital to the surrounding ecosystem.\u00a0Water is one of the most critical issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35999,"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35986\/revisions\/35999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.espichegolf.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}