Air Quality Advisory Remains In Place
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The third Air Quality Advisory of 2007 will continue overnight...
The Ministry of Environment issued the advisory this morning due to a high level of fine particulates being trapped in the airshed above Prince George by the hot, dry conditions.
As of 4pm this afternoon, 24-hour levels of PM10 were 52 at the Downtown monitoring site, 29 in College Heights and 92 at the BCR site - just a slight change from 10am this morning when the levels were 50, 29, and 104, respectively. (The Air Quality objective for PM10 is 50 for a 24-hour average.)
Ministry spokesperson Dennis Fudge says the levels are expected to be higher during the late evening and again tomorrow morning. An update is expected at about 11am.
Residents are reminded that, based on The City’s Clean Air Bylaw, open burning including backyard burning and land clearing burning is banned during Air Quality Advisories. Please note that this advisory also prohibits recreational fires and street sweeping.
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Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on July 14 2007 12:06 AM
Why is this Dennis? Could it be that air polution is done under cover of darkness? The fact that the BCR site has the highest readings should give us a clue or two also. Were the two other advisories early in the year caused by fine particulates being trapped in the airshed above PG by the hot dry conditions? Bearing in mind that it can be pretty hot and dry in January also. I will be sure not to sweep my street, burn anything at all, not drive on gravel roads or idle my car. I will also not light up my wood stove this week. If everyone did these things - presto, no more air advisories would be needed. Not in my lifetime. The excuses for these advisories are growing a little thin. Let's find a new excuse and commission a few more studies into the problem.