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Why Monitor Air Quality? Leroy Williams Gila River Indian Community

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Why Monitor Air Quality?. Leroy Williams Gila River Indian Community. Why Air Monitoring?. Judge compliance with and/or progress made towards meeting ambient air quality standards Activate emergency control procedures that prevent or alleviate air pollution episodes - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Why Monitor Air Quality?

Leroy Williams

Gila River Indian Community

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Why Air Monitoring? Judge compliance with and/or progress made towards

meeting ambient air quality standards Activate emergency control procedures that prevent or

alleviate air pollution episodes Observe pollution trends throughout region, including

non-urban areas Provide a data base for

– Research evaluation of effects: urban, land-use, and transportation planning

– Development and evaluation of abatement strategies – Development and validation of diffusion models

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Air Quality on reservation has important implications for

Quality of life Culture and

religion Economic

development Other

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One way to protect and assess air quality: develop ambient

air monitoring program

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GRIC DEQ Air Monitoring Program

Collected quality data for ozone and particulate matter since 2002

Three air monitoring stations1. Sacaton

2. Casa Blanca

3. St Johns

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AQI Colors

•EPA assigned specific color to each AQI category•Easier to understand community air pollution risk. Examples:

• Orange = unhealthy for sensitive groups

• Red = unhealthy for everyone

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