Public notice

Exceedances in air quality – July 2024

Thursday 8 August 2024

As a regional council, we are required under the National environmental standards for air quality (NESAQ, 2004) to report any breach of the ambient air quality standard.

The National Environmental Standards for Air Quality (NESAQ) for 24-hour PM10> (Particulate Matter with a diameter of 10 micrometres or less) is: 

50 µg/m³ 

PM10 concentrations in July 2024 exceeded the standard as follows: 

June 

Alexandra 

Arrowtown 

Air Zone 1 

Concentration (µg/m³) 

4th 

 

64 

8th 

 

55 

9th 

 

65 

10th 

 

65 

11th 

 

75 

12th 

 

89 

13rd 

 

67 

14th 

 

81 

15th 

 

79 

16th 

 

56 

17th 

 

53 

18th 

 

54 

21st 

 

61 

22nd 

57 

 

23rd 

56 

61 

24th 

 

72 

26th 

58 

 

27th 

88 

 

Total 

15