Air Quality

Air is essential for life and clean air is essential for a healthy life. The quality of the air that we breathe is dependent on the amount of pollutants that are being released to the atmosphere and also on how quickly these pollutants are dispersed or diluted by atmospheric processes such as wind speed and direction. 

In this section:

• What are air pollutants?
• Current Issues
• Smoke and Smog
  Health effects of PM10 | Sources
• Spray Drift
  Spray Drift Report 30 June 07
• Good Burning Practices
• Monitoring
• National Environmental Standards
  Airsheds
• Rule Changes
• Reports