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Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Network
La Unión Hace La Fuerza Comite Civico del Valle
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Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Network La Unin Hace La Fuerza Comite Civico del Valle Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Network Proposed Sites of Monitors in the Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Network Desert Mirage High School
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Proposed Sites of Monitors in the Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Network
- Desert Mirage High School – Thermal
- Oasis Elementary School – Thermal
- Cesar Chavez Elementary – Coachella
- Saul Martinez Elementary – Mecca
- Community Member
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Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Project
- Air monitoring network requested by the
community
- 5 Particulate matter (PM) monitors where the
community wanted to better understand air quality in the Coachella Valley
- Project values:
– Community participation – Quality data – Sustainability
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Community Steering Committee
- Javier Aceves, Cabazon Band of
Mission Indians
- Araceli Beltrán, Thermal
- Gerardo Daniels, Mecca
- Rita Galindo, Coachella
- David Gomez, Mecca
- Mariela Magaña, Coachella
- Jean Martinez, Coachella
- Marisol Peña, Mecca
- Manuela Ramirez, Mecca
- Maria Rodriguez, North Shore
- Olivia Rodriguez, Thermal
- Daniel Tirado-Lopez, Torrez Martinez
Tribe
- Rebecca Zaragoza, Leadership Counsel
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Committee’s Role in Project
- Share knowledge of air pollution sources in
the community
- Identify and recruit sites for air monitors
- Aid in spreading awareness of the project
within the community
- Recruit members of the community into
taking action to improve air quality
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Contaminants
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Particulate Matter
Image courtesy of U.S .EPA
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Particulate Matter Monitor
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Monitor Data Flow
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Monitoring Flow
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IVAN DATA
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IVAN Coachella Community Reporting System
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Air Quality Alerts
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Benefits To Your Community
- With these monitors the Coachella Valley, your community,
will have better information to guide actions to reduce air pollution and improve student and the surrounding community health.
- In particular, vulnerable populations with respiratory
problems such as asthma or other known diseases associated with air quality, the community and parents with asthmatic children will be able to make more informed asthma management decisions by having real-time data about air quality in their communities.
- By hosting an air monitor, Your school districts will enable
the collection of important data and contribute to efforts to improve public health throughout the county.
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