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Dust Quality Advisory in Effect in P.G.

By 250 News

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 09:17 AM

Prince George, B.C.-  A  "Dust Quality Advisory" is now in place for Prince George, due to high levels of fine particulate matter, but the Ministry of the Environment says it won't likely last long.

The provincial air quality objective for fine particles, PM2.5, is 25 micrograms per cubic metre, averaged over 24 hours. The 24 hour PM2.5 rolling average was 13 µg/m3 at the Plaza 400 downtown site and 11 µg/m3 at College Heights at 8 am today.
The provincial air quality objective for coarse particles, PM10, is 50 micrograms per cubic metre, averaged over 24 hours. The 24 hour PM10 rolling average was 52 µg/m3 at the Plaza 400 downtown, 26 µg/m3 at College Heights and 37 µg/m3 at BCR at 8 am today. 
 
Based on the air quality data, the high levels are mainly due to road dust.
 
Calm winds overnight as well as clear skies contributed to dust accumulating in the air shed. Winds are expected to gradually increase over the next 24 hours. Air quality is expected to be better at higher elevations. Levels should improve somewhat this afternoon but there is a risk of higher dust levels occurring again overnight.

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Comment Posted by: weaksauce on March 23 2011 10:26 AM
Not sure what constitutes "quality" dust but I glad to see the city is on top of street/sidewalk sweeping.
Comment Posted by: Harbinger on March 23 2011 11:26 AM
March 23. Been out and about. No street sweeper to be seen. Should be really interesting when they are in full swing. Can't the city "water bomb" the bowl with "Pledge?"
Comment Posted by: verballabel on March 23 2011 12:05 PM
Can't we fill the bowl with water and flush!?
Comment Posted by: gus on March 23 2011 12:43 PM
You can tell the quality of the dust from the colour and the taste. One has to be quite expert at it, similar to wine tasters.

Not surprisingly people who live here have developed considerable expertise, almost equaling the dust tasting farmers of Sacramento Valley in California.
Comment Posted by: kaymac on March 23 2011 4:06 PM
Maybe if they would have swept the streets while it was still quite wet out there from all the melted snow, the dust wouldn't be so bad right now??? I guess they would rather waste water instead of using water created by the melted snow.....makes sense right?!
Comment Posted by: metalman on March 23 2011 6:23 PM
Dustbowl; shades of the dirty thirties?
metalman
Comment Posted by: gus on March 23 2011 8:42 PM
Their approach to picking up winter fines/sand/gravel is the same as clearing snow - the more they can extend the period between plowing and sweeping, the cheaper it is going to be. And we all know how many cheapskates we have living in this city. City hall is a reflection of its citizens at least if the people in here are a reflection of the general population. Everyone wants something, except for a new police station and/or a performing arts centre, but no one wants to pay for it.

Hey, an extra hockey rink. Why not. Let's make it two or three while we are at it. After all, we know that the school population has been steadily declining, so the ice user population must be rising, especially the pre teen leagues.