PALLISER AIRSHED

In 2007, the Palliser Airshed expanded its borders. The airshed was expanded to encompass approximately 40,000 km 2, and included a population of approximately 100,000 people. The borders were aligned with the boundaries of the former Palliser Health Region. A new monitoring plan was developed based on the expansion. As a result, the network added a portable air monitoring station and fourteen passive sampling stations... The Palliser Airshed Society (PAS) was established in the Spring of 2003 to monitor ambient air quality in the Medicine Hat / Redcliff region and has expanded to cover the southeastern portion of the province. PAS currently maintains three continuous monitoring sites as well as 16 passive sampling sites distributed throughout the airshed... To achieve recognized credible data‚ the Palliser Board will manage and design the air monitoring program in consideration of: public input‚ industrial influences and air modeling results. The design of this Airshed will gather..

Primary location: Canada