Outdoor air quality affects our health

We test our city's air quality and report results to the community.

In 2021, we launched a community air monitoring project. We asked Green Zone members and residents to help us identify:

• Areas of concern with air pollution
• Residents, schools and businesses that should host air sensors

In 2022, we started installing PurpleAir sensors throughout the city, with a focus on our city's environmental justice communities. Environmental justice communities include neighborhoods with a high percentage of:

• People of color
• People living below the poverty line
• Environmental hazards, like low air quality

Resources

• See our air quality monitoring dashboard
• Read the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) definition of environmental justice communities
• Host a PurpleAir Sensor