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Bristol
Air Quality Assessment
BCC has published various assessments of air quality, many of which are available through Bristol City Council's web site. As a result of these assessments, an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) has been declared and a map is shown below. The AQMA is regularly updated through the statutory reporting process.
The AQMA is the area inside which the UK government's objective for annual mean nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in 2005 was not met. The most recent air quality assessment - The Updating and Screening Assessment (April 2012) showed that the NO2 objective was not met at roadside locations in the city in 2011. Concentrations of other pollutants were below relevant objectives.
BCC has invested in a comprehensive monitoring network for key pollutants: nitrogen dioxide, ozone and PM10. BCC has 11 continuous sites, eight of which monitor NOx and a network of over 100 diffusion tube sites monitoring nitrogen dioxide. Their locations are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
More information on Bristol air quality assessment.
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