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Alberta's Air Quality Management System uses a comprehensive approach to managing air quality.
Clearing the Air: Alberta’s Renewed Clean Air Strategy was released in 2012, and outlines strategic directions to enhance Alberta’s Air Quality Management System.
An action plan was also developed in conjunction with the Strategy. This action plan outlines short, medium and long-term actions.
To view both of these documents, please visit the Open Government Portal at:
Alberta has also developed provincewide management frameworks for acid deposition and electricity emissions management.
Management of emissions from industrial facilities is an important aspect of air quality management in Alberta.
Ambient air monitoring in Alberta serves a number of purposes including:
There are two main forms of ambient air monitoring in Alberta:
Alberta's Environmental Monitoring and Science Program, airsheds, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and industry operate a comprehensive network of about 110 air quality monitoring stations across Alberta that measure the ambient air quality.
Air quality data collected from ambient air quality monitoring stations are available electronically from Alberta’s air data warehouse.
Air quality is monitored by Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) and Alberta’s airsheds year-round using continuous air monitoring stations located in more than 30 communities across Alberta. Real-time data from these continuous stations inform Albertans on current air quality conditions through the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI).
To monitor air quality during wildfires, the ministry deploys additional portable air quality monitors in areas not covered by continuous air monitoring stations. These instruments measure and report one-hour concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), one of the major components of smoke that poses risks to human health.
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