All of the new air quality monitors in the Upper Hunter should be operating by the end of the year, after the last of 14 locations were chosen in Merriwa, Jerrys Plains and Wybong.
Other stations will be in and around Singleton, Muswellbrook, Camberwell, Bulga, Mount Thorley, Aberdeen, and Warkworth.
The monitors record air pollution not just from mining or transport activities but also from wood-burning heaters.
“I am confident that the sites selected will provide effective coverage of air quality in the Upper Hunter,” Upper Hunter Air Quality Monitoring Network advisory committee chairperson Cathy Cole said.
The committee is now working on how to present the results to the community in an easy-to-understand form.
Air quality results from the three completed network sites at Singleton, Muswellbrook and Maison Dieu are available at http://www.environment.nsw. gov.au/aqms.
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