Air Quality Monitoring in the Dover District
Dover District Council is part of the Kent Air Quality
Partnership, which was established in 1992 to work towards
improving the quality of Kent's air. The Partnership is composed of
representatives from each district's transport, planning and
environment departments, Kent County Council, the Environment
Agency, National Power and other stakeholders related to air
quality issues.
Currently, the AEA Energy & Environment www.kentair.org.uk/about.php
manage the Kent & Medway monitoring network throughout the
County. The extent of the monitoring, combined with computer
modelling, enables us to pinpoint problem areas such as congested
roads or highly polluting industrial processes. It can be estimated
how much pollution is attributable to local sources and how much is
imported from Continental Europe.
Information on levels of six pollutants (Carbon monoxide, ozone,
nitrogen dioxide, fine particles and sulphur dioxide) reports and
statistics is available to the public every day.
Reports & Studies
The Council’s most recent Air Quality report, Updating Screening
Assessment 2012, has recently been completed and submitted to Defra
for their appraisal team. The report evaluates air pollution
monitoring results for the district and identifies new or
significantly changed sources that could lead to potential air
quality exceedences. Conclusions of the report are that there have
been no exceedences of any of the objectives within the Dover
District during 2011 outside of existing AQMAs. Further Detailed
Assessments are therefore not required. The Council will continue
to monitor within the existing Eastern Docks AQMA until the end of
2012. At the end of 2012, should it be clearly demonstrated that
there are no longer exceedences of the sulphur dioxide objective,
the Council will consider revoking the AQMA.
No new or significantly changed sources that could lead to
potential exceedences have been identified within Dover District
during 2011. A Detailed Assessment is therefore not required. The
report also includes an annual Action Plan Progress Report.’
Other Reports and Documents
Garden Bonfires
Garden bonfires produce smoke which contains carbon monoxide and
toxic fumes and can ruin a neighbour's enjoyment of their garden,
prevent windows being opened and prevent them hanging out their
washing.
Contact
Tel: 01304 872428
Email: envhealth@dover.gov.uk
