Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Delta

-- --- Item B.01 Regular Meeting November 6, 2017

Ken Reid SUPERINTENDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SAMPLING

Delta Council Meeting, November 6, 2017 ...... 4 metrovancouver ~ SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR A LIVABLE REGION

Introd uction

.• Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Delta

• LFV Air Quality Monitoring Network and Regional Trends

• Measured Air Quality Levels (2016)

• Air Quality Advisories (Summer 2017)

• Other Air Monitoring Studies

• Caring for the Air Report (2017)

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Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Delta

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North Delta Station

• Established in 1987

• Fine particulate monitoring added in 2011

• Provides air quality and weather information for the community

• Relocation in 2018

. \. Hell ings Reservoir

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Tsawwassen Station

• Established in 2010 to fulfill Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) com m itment - location recommended by a Technical Working Group

• Funded by VFPA and operated by l, Metro Vancouver Pebble Hill Park • Provides air quality and weather information for the community

Air Quality Monitoring Network

• 29 stations collect air quality, visual air quality, and weather information • Metro Vancouver manages, operates and maintains the monitoring stations, equipment, and a centralized database • Monitoring network partners include federal, provincial and regional governments, as well as some industries

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Air Quality Reporting

• Annual Reports • Comparison to Metro Vancouver's regional ambient air quality objectives • Air quality advisories and bulletins • Real-time and recent past data at ! . AirMap.ca

Regional Air Quality Trends

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Grou nd-Level Ozone (03) - 2016 1 I l-Hour Objective I Metro Vancouver a-Hour Objective (65 ppb) (82 ppb) I Maple Ridge r ...... 3 Agassiz ! Mission i Abbotsford Airport Chilliwack -~ Hope Abbotsford-Mill lake Surrey East ! Port Moody ..... I 'f.s~ww~s,si! 1l 1 Coqulttam ""l1lI ~ Burnaby Mountain langley Pitt Meadows New Westminster N. Vancouver-2nd Na rrows Richmond South ' -----, N. Vancouver-Mahon Park I ,Nortlt Ilelta 'i ,--. . j" Burnaby-Kensington Park , Burnaby South Richmond-Airport , Vancouver-Downtown - 10 10 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 • Maximum 8-Hour Rolling Average Concentration (ppb) Maximum i-Hour Average

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Fine Particulate (PM 2.5) - 2016

Abbotsford Airport Mission langley Hope Chilliwack Burnaby South Richmond South New Westminster Abbotsford-Mill lake Agassiz Pitt Meadows Richmond-Airport Surrey East I 'Noifl5'Dilt)lJ I lsaWwassen·1 N. Vancouver-Mahon Park • Maximum 24-Hour Burnaby-Kensington Park Rolling Ave rage - N. Vancouver-2nd Narrows Port Moody • Annual Average Horseshoe Bay

10 15 20 25 30 3S concentration (",g/m')

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Nitrogen Dioxide (N02) - 2016

I Metro Vancouver Annual Objective (22 ppb) I I Metro Vancouver i -Hour Objective (107 ppbll ~ I North::befta I Richmond-Airport ..... F1'.s' awwass ~h' 1 N. Vancouver-2nd Narrows - Vancouver-Downtown New Westminster • Richmond South Burnaby-Kensington Park Port Moody - ,. N. Vancouver-Mahon Park Burnaby South - Abbotsford-Mill lake Chilliwack - Surrey East - Burnaby Mountain Coquitlam - Maple Ridlle Mission - Pitt Meadows - • Maximum i-Hour Average (.' Agassiz - langley • Annual Average Abbotsford Airport Hope - o 10 20 30 40 so 60 70 80 90 100 110 Concentration (ppb)

Sulphur Dioxide (S02) - 2016

I Metro Vancouver Annual Objective (12 ppb) I I Metro Vancouver 1-Hour Objective (75 ppb) Chilliw ack

PortMo ody I Burnaby-Capito I Hill Burnaby North • N. Vancouver-Mahon Park N. Vancouver-2nd Narr ows langley Abbotsford Air port ~ Burnaby-Kensington Park - ~ l1li Tsa\ilWa.ss~il l I ~ l1li Richmond So uth ~ Vancouver-Downt own ~ Abbotsford-Mill lake ~ Burnaby So uth r- • Maximum 1-Hour Average Pitt Mead ows ~ • Annual Average Richmond-Air port ~ 10 20 30 40 50 60 '70 80 90 Concentration (ppb)

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Summary of 2016 Air Quality

• Regional ambient air quality has generally improved

• No air quality advisories issued in 2016

• Two monitoring stations as well as several specialized studies in Delta have helped our understanding of air quality in Delta

• Air quality in Delta generally compares favourably to other areas

• In 2016, the Tsawwassen and North Delta stations met all air quality objectives

2017 - An unprecedented summer of advisories

July 2017 Su M T W Th F Sa F Sa 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 ~ 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 IE 19 20 21 22 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31

Ground Level Ozone Adviso~y

Fine Particulate Matter Advisory III Fine Particulate Matter & Ground Level Ozone Advisory

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Summer 2017 in historical context

~ 10 f(eason for AdvIsory "0 _ Efev:;ted Ozone _ Efe~ated PM '0 _ Elevated ozone and PM Local Fire :u B .c E S 6 oc:- . ~ 4 ~ '0 ,;: 2 o .~ 6 D

. Satellite view of a "good air" day

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Satellite vi~w of September 6 wildfire smoke

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Summer 2017

• Summer 2017 heavily influenced by out-of-region wildfire smoke

• Significant impacts to both particulate matter and ozone

• Changing climate may increase wildfire frequency / severity

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! Air Monitoring Studies

• Particulate matter monitoring on Annacis Island

• Detailed report on coal monitoring in Delta

• Pilot near-road air quality monitoring

Caring for the Air - 2017

• Climate actions

• Transportation effects and solutions

• Marine ECA update

• Backgrounders

• Regulatory activity • Open burning • Air quality review

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4.5% Sulphur Leve ls Allowed in Ma rin e Fue l

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