Ambient Air quality Monitoring Guidlines. - Maharashtra Pollution ...

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CONTENTS
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1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 2
1.2 National Ambient Air Quality Standards 2
2.0 Air Pollution Problem in India 4
2.1 Reasons for High Air Pollution in India 5
2.1.1 Vehicular Pollution Problems in India 6
2.2 Behaviour of Air Pollutants 7
2.2.1 Short-term Variations 7
2.2.2 Seasonal Variations 9
2.2.3 Long- term Variations 11
3.0 Air Quality Monitoring 12
3.1 Objectives of Air Quality Monitoring 12
3.2 National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (N.A.M.P.) 13
3.2.1 Objectives 13
3.2.2 Monitoring Locations and Parameters 13
4.0 Guidelines for Monitoring 17
4.1 Background Information 17
4.2 Components of Monitoring 18
4.2.1 Number and Distribution of Monitoring Locations 18
4.2.2 Selection of Monitoring Location 20
4.2.3 Selection of Pollutants 24
4.2.4 Sampling Duration and Frequency 26
4.2.5 Measurement Methods 26
4.2.6 Meteorological Measurements 27
4.2.7 Laboratory Requirements 28
4.2.8 Quality Assurance 28
4.2.9 Data Handling and Presentation 28
4.2.10 Financial Requirements 29
4.2.11 Manpower Requirements 30
4.2.12 Operation of Air Quality Monitoring Equipments 30
5.0 Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Air Quality
Monitoring
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5.1 Analytical Quality Control 33
5.1.1 Ring Test Facility at CPCB 41
5.2 Reasons for Poor Quality of Data 44
5.3 Suggestions for Improvement 45
Annexure – I National Ambient Air Quality Standards 48
Annexure – II Measurement Methods of Air Pollutants 49
Annexure – III Format for Reporting Data 156