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|
State of Environment Reporting
Air
Quality in British Columbia
Percentage
of time inhalable particulates (
PM10)
exceeded 25mg/m3
in monitored
communities
|
|
| aae |
|
| Site
Name |
Sampler
type*
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
| 100 Mile
House |
nc
|
d
|
46.8
|
30.9
|
13.0
|
d
|
18.1
|
14.5
|
| Abbotsford
|
nc
|
17.0
|
d
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
| Abbotsford
library |
c
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
12.6
|
9.4
|
n
|
n
|
| Boston
Bar |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
29.0
|
| Burnaby
South |
c
|
d
|
11.8
|
7.9
|
6.8
|
8.0
|
4.1
|
4.7
|
| Burns
Lake Fire Centre |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
25.8
|
17.4
|
d
|
| Campbell
River Tyee Split |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
8.8
|
2.5
|
1.6
|
| Castlegar |
nc
|
d
|
31.0
|
d
|
37.3
|
d
|
17.5
|
28.1
|
| Chetwynd |
nc
|
n
|
d
|
d
|
22.7
|
24.3
|
26.3
|
5.2
|
| Chilliwack
Airport |
c
|
n
|
d
|
10.3
|
6.3
|
10.4
|
n
|
5.8
|
| Cranbrook
S.P. |
nc
|
38.3
|
d
|
d
|
17.2
|
46.6
|
d
|
n
|
| Creston
PC School |
c
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
15.2
|
d
|
d
|
19.8
|
| Duncan
Deykin Avenue |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
0.5
|
1.4
|
| Golden |
nc
|
58.6
|
54.4
|
45.8
|
44.3
|
60.7
|
d
|
d
|
| Grand
Forks |
nc
|
d
|
d
|
27.9
|
d
|
d
|
40.4
|
37.9
|
| Hope
Airport |
c
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
3.0
|
4.7
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
| Houston
Firehall |
c
|
d
|
20.1
|
14.6
|
24.2
|
19.4
|
21.0
|
11.0
|
| Invermere
Forest |
nc
|
d
|
21.3
|
18.0
|
32.7
|
d
|
28.3
|
31.7
|
| Kamloops
Brocklehurst |
c
|
16.1
|
16.7
|
13.7
|
5.5
|
7.7
|
7.1
|
4.4
|
| Kelowna
College |
c
|
20.2
|
17.6
|
16.4
|
11.7
|
14.5
|
5.2
|
6.7
|
| Kitimat
Riverlodge |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
0
|
0.3
|
| Kitsilano |
c
|
5.8
|
7.7
|
4.7
|
3.6
|
5.5
|
4.4
|
2.5
|
| Langdale
Elementry |
c
|
n
|
n
|
0
|
0.5
|
d
|
d
|
0.6
|
| Langley |
c
|
4.5
|
d
|
4.4
|
1.8
|
d
|
3.3
|
2.2
|
| Merritt |
nc
|
55.6
|
d
|
d
|
37.5
|
56.7
|
d
|
d
|
| Mission |
nc
|
29.4
|
32.1
|
13.6
|
8.5
|
11.7
|
20.3
|
11.5
|
| Nelson |
nc
|
d
|
13.8
|
20.0
|
27.6
|
44.4
|
25.0
|
12.1
|
| North
Delta |
c
|
8.7
|
d
|
8.6
|
2.5
|
d
|
3.3
|
n
|
| Penticton |
nc
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
10.5
|
d
|
n
|
n
|
| Penticton
MOE |
nc
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
25.9
|
10.9
|
10.0
|
| Pitt
Meadows Airport |
nc
|
5.4
|
6.9
|
d
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
| Port
Alberni Courthouse |
nc
|
3.5
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
| Port
Alberni Townsite |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
1.8
|
0.3
|
1.1
|
| Port
Moody Rocky Pt |
c
|
14.3
|
15.6
|
8.6
|
6.7
|
8.8
|
d
|
3.1
|
| Powell
River Cranberry Lake |
c
|
n
|
n
|
7.6
|
4.7
|
4.2
|
0.3
|
0.8
|
| PRG
Plaza 400 |
c
|
28.3
|
33.6
|
25.7
|
26.2
|
31
|
20.7
|
20.1
|
| Quadra
Island Lighthouse |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
1.8
|
0.6
|
0.6
|
| Quesnel
Senior Secondary |
c
|
d
|
30.7
|
24.3
|
35.4
|
36.2
|
31.8
|
25.6
|
| Radium |
nc
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
2.8
|
15.0
|
| Revelstoke |
nc
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
38.1
|
31.6
|
27.3
|
| Richmond
South |
c
|
4.7
|
8.7
|
12.4
|
8.8
|
3.8
|
1.1
|
4.2
|
| Skookumchuk |
nc
|
1.7
|
3.5
|
5.3
|
3.3
|
16.4
|
14
|
d
|
| Smithers
St Josephs |
c
|
17.4
|
17.1
|
10.4
|
13.6
|
19.8
|
10.7
|
11
|
| Slocan |
nc
|
d
|
d
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
27.7
|
12.5
|
| Squamish |
c
|
d
|
16.3
|
15
|
d
|
4.7
|
11.1
|
10.3
|
| Surrey
East |
c
|
5.2
|
3.5
|
4.4
|
2.8
|
4.2
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
| Telkwa |
c
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
23.4
|
11.0
|
d
|
| Terrace |
nc
|
d
|
23.3
|
d
|
n
|
n
|
11.1
|
10.6
|
| Terrace
BC Hydro |
nc
|
n
|
d
|
23.7
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
| Terrace
BC Access Centre |
c
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
10.5
|
10.7
|
11.1
|
10.6
|
| Trail |
c
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
8.3
|
d
|
5.4
|
| Vernon
City Hall |
nc
|
d
|
d
|
30.8
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
d
|
| Victoria
PAPS |
nc
|
d
|
5.4
|
d
|
d
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
| Victoria
Topaz |
nc
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
d
|
d
|
22.0
|
| Westsyde |
nc
|
30.0
|
13.3
|
10.0
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
n
|
| Williams
Lake Columneetza School |
c
|
d
|
30.4
|
d
|
21.6
|
25.5
|
14.5
|
18.8
|
| total
number of communities monitored |
19
|
24
|
27
|
32
|
33
|
37
|
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