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-- --- ~ Item B.01 Regular Meeting November 6, 2017 Ken Reid SUPERINTENDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SAMPLING 4 metrovancouver ........ Delta Council Meeting, November 6, 2017 SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR A LIVABLE REGION I ntrod uction

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Ken Reid

SUPERINTENDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SAMPLING

Delta Council Meeting, November 6, 2017

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Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Delta

  • LFV Air Quality Monitoring Network and

Regional Trends Measured Air Quality Levels (2016)

  • Air Quality Advisories (Summer 2017)
  • Other Air Monitoring Studies
  • Caring for the Air Report (2017)
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Item B.01

Regular Meeting November 6, 2017

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SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR A LIVABLE REGION

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Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Delta

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North Delta Station

  • Established in 1987
  • Fine particulate monitoring added

in 2011

  • Provides air quality and weather

information for the community

  • Relocation in 2018
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\. Hellings Reservoir

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Tsawwassen Station

  • Established in 2010 to fulfill

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) com m itment - location recommended by a Technical Working Group

  • Funded by VFPA and operated by

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Metro Vancouver

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Pebble Hill Park

  • Provides air quality and weather

information for the community

Air Quality Monitoring Network

  • 29 stations collect air quality, visual air quality, and weather information
  • Metro Vancouver manages, operates and maintains the monitoring stations,

equipment, and a centralized database

  • Monitoring network partners include federal, provincial and regional governments,

as well as some industries 3

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Air Quality Reporting

  • Annual Reports
  • Comparison to Metro Vancouver's

regional ambient air quality

  • bjectives
  • Air quality advisories and bulletins
  • Real-time and recent past data at

AirMap.ca

Regional Air Quality Trends

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Agassiz Mission Abbotsford Airport Chilliwack Hope Abbotsford-Mill lake Surrey East Port Moody

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  • Maximum 8-Hour Rolling Average

Concentration (ppb)

Maximum i-Hour Average

Fine Particulate (PM2.5) - 2016

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Burnaby-Kensington Park

  • N. Vancouver-2nd Narrows

Port Moody Horseshoe Bay

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Nitrogen Dioxide (N02) - 2016

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Metro Vancouver Annual Objective (22 ppb) I

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Metro Vancouver i-Hour Objective (107 ppbll

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Vancouver-Downtown New Westminster Richmond South Burnaby-Kensington Park Port Moody

  • N. Vancouver-Mahon Park

Burnaby South Abbotsford-Mill lake Chilliwack Surrey East Burnaby Mountain Coquitlam Maple Ridlle Mission Pitt Meadows Agassiz langley Abbotsford Airport Hope

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Concentration (ppb)

Sulphur Dioxide (S02) - 2016

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Concentration (ppb)

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Summary of 2016 Air Quality

  • Regional ambient air quality has generally improved
  • No air quality advisories issued in 2016
  • Two monitoring stations as well as several specialized studies in

Delta have helped our understanding of air quality in Delta

  • Air quality in Delta generally compares favourably to other areas
  • In 2016, the Tsawwassen and North Delta stations met all air

quality objectives

2017 - An unprecedented summer of advisories

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Summer 2017 in historical context

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PM _ Elevated ozone and PM Local Fire

. Satellite view of a "good air" day

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Satellite vi~w

  • f September 6 wildfire smoke

Summer 2017

  • Summer 2017 heavily influenced by
  • ut-of-region wildfire smoke
  • Significant impacts to both

particulate matter and ozone

  • Changing climate may increase

wildfire frequency / severity

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Air Monitoring Studies

  • Particulate matter monitoring on

Annacis Island

  • Detailed report on coal monitoring

in Delta

  • Pilot near-road air quality monitoring

Caring for the Air - 2017

  • Climate actions
  • Transportation effects and solutions
  • Marine ECA update
  • Backgrounders
  • Regulatory activity
  • Open burning
  • Air quality review

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Sulphur Levels Allowed in Marine Fuel

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Marine Emission Control Area update

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