Providing Fast and Accurate Air Quality Information ... Pohang City Operates Yangdeok-dong Air Monitoring Station and Environmental Electronic Display Board

Installation of 'Air Quality Monitoring Stations' at Multipurpose Disaster Relief Centers... Alleviating Residents' Concerns about Air Pollution

Environmental Electronic Display Board on Roadside of Pohang Jangnyang Humansia 1 Complex Transmits Air

Pohang City has installed and begun operating one air monitoring station and one environmental electronic display board each in the Yangdeok area to provide rapid and accurate air quality information.

The electronic display board in Yangdeok-dong showing air quality data.

In response to increasing public concern over air pollution caused by fine dust, yellow dust, heavy metals, and other pollutants resulting from climate change and industrial activities, Pohang City operates 11 air monitoring stations and 5 environmental electronic display boards within the region to promptly provide environmental information and action guidelines during advisories and warnings. Recently, an additional air monitoring station and environmental electronic display board were installed in Yangdeok-dong.

This year, the city installed an air monitoring station on the rooftop of the Pohang Multipurpose Disaster Relief Center in Yangdeok-dong, and completed the installation of an environmental electronic display board along the roadside near Jangryang Humansia 1st Complex Apartment in Pohang at the end of June. After calibration and a trial operation period, air quality data has been transmitted since the 31st of last month.

With the installation of the Yangdeok-dong air monitoring station, rapid and accurate measurement of air pollutants from the Yeongilman Industrial Complex is now possible, contributing to alleviating residents’ concerns and preventing air pollution. Additionally, real-time air monitoring and environmental data will be provided to the residential area of Yangdeok-dong, which previously had relatively less information compared to the Nam-gu area, thereby enhancing convenience for residents.

Shin Jeong-hyeok, Director of the Environmental Policy Division, stated, “Through the environmental information provided by the air monitoring stations and electronic display boards, citizens will be able to easily check and respond to information about fine dust and environmental disasters. We will devote ourselves to protecting citizens’ health and alleviating their concerns.”

Air quality data measured at the air monitoring stations installed in the Pohang area can also be accessed through the ‘Air Pollution Real-time Disclosure System (Air Korea).’

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