Air Quality Monitoring Results
The good news is our PM10 concentrations comply with the NESAQ for PM10 and we no longer have ‘polluted’ airsheds. Since 2002 we have implemented our Nelson Air Quality Plan, which required a range of measures to be undertaken related to domestic heating and outdoor burning to improve air quality, as well as improvements in PM10 emissions from industrial activities. However, in some areas our PM2.5 concentrations are above the WHO (2021) guidelines, specifically in the Tāhunanui and Nelson South airsheds.
Click on the airshed below to view current air quality results for Nelson:
- Nelson South Airshed
- Tāhunanui Airshed
- Stoke Airshed (inactive)
- Nelson North - Airshed (inactive)
Stoke and Nelson North airshed monitoring sites has been discontinued due to having no exceedances for 5 years.
PM10 Exceedances
- PM10 Exceedances since 2019 can be viewed here by > selecting an airshed on the map> selecting the monitoring station> selecting ‘Show more information’.
- PM10 Exceedances 2013 - 2019
- PM10 Exceedances 2011-2012
- PM10 Exceedances 2009-2010
- PM10 Exceedances prior to 2009
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