Why monitor air quality ?
Good air quality is essential to human health and well-being. Poor air quality can have adverse effects on human health and quality of life and can damage the fabric of buildings and sensitive flora and fauna.
Air monitoring provides raw measurements of air pollutant concentrations and with appropriate analysis and interpretation, these measurements can be transformed into useful information regarding air quality.
View the current levels of pollutants in the city.
Pollutants routinely monitored in Cambridge
Pollutants are regularly monitored throughout the city at the following places:
- Regent Street – continuous monitoring of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and ozone.
- Parker Street – continuous monitoring of nitrogen dioxide, particulates (PM10)
- Gonville Place – continuous monitoring of nitrogen dioxide and particulates (PM10).
- Newmarket Road - continuous monitoring of nitrogen dioxide and particulates (PM10).
- Montague Road - continuous monitoring of nitrogen dioxide and particulates (PM10).
Monthly nitrogen dioxide averages are measured using diffusion tubes at sites around the city.