...It supplies drinking water to Niigata City and 10 other cities, towns and villages, as well as industrial water for Niigata City. Downstream, shipping, gravel mining and inland fishing are also popular. The downstream area outside the dike is used for farmland, as well as for the Agano River Park (13.6ha) in Niigata City, near the railway bridge of the JR Hakushin Line. In 1965, an organic mercury poisoning incident occurred in the Agano River, and Niigata became a social issue as the area was known as an outbreak area of Minamata disease. *Some of the terms mentioned in relation to "Agano River Park" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…新潟市はじめ10市町村に上水道および新潟市の工業用水を給水し,下流では舟運,砂利採取,内水面漁業も盛んである。また下流の堤外地は田畑のほかJR白新線の鉄橋付近で新潟市の阿賀野川河川公園(13.6ha)に利用されている。1965年阿賀野川有機水銀中毒事件が発生し新潟水俣病発生地域として社会問題化した。… ※「阿賀野川河川公園」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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