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Stations used for measuring air pollution.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>Ambient Air Monitoring</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Ambient air monitoring in Alberta serves a number of purposes including:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>>Assessing impact of releases on the environment</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>>Ensuring pollution control technologies are operating effectively</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>>Providing data for tracking trends in environmental performance and effects</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>There are two main forms of ambient air monitoring in Alberta:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. Community monitoring uses strategically located permanent monitoring stations to measure the level of air pollution where people live and to track trends over time</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2. Perimeter (or fence line) monitoring involves discrete sampling of substances at various locations along an industrial facility's property boundary to measure the level of pollution leaving a facility.</SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Warning: The geospatial data represented on this web application is for testing purposes only and cannot be used for regulatory decisions.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">This data is strictly for internal GOA use. </SPAN></P></DIV>