July 12 was the last day that levels of ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and suspended particles smaller than 10 micrometers were known.
Air quality monitoring in Saltillo stopped reporting data for 20 days, reporting resumed yesterday afternoon, after there was no information available since July 13.
According to the page According to the Coahuila Environment Secretariat (SMA), July 12 was the last day on which the air quality in the capital of Coahuila could be known.
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On previous occasions, the station has been under maintenance, so the results from the station located in the building of the State Finance Secretariat are not published. Last night, it was possible to read on the portal that this was due to problems with the electrical service.
“The Saltillo station (Finance) is out of service due to constant power cuts caused by construction work being carried out on nearby streets, a situation that puts the equipment at risk. It will be put into operation as soon as this situation returns to normal.”says a legend that can be seen on the site.
On July 12, the station reported results regularly between 1:00 and 10:00 a.m. when “extremely poor” quality was recorded.
Yesterday, when partial publication was resumed, nine hours of information was available. During these hours, three reported “extremely bad” air quality, one more reported “very bad”, another “bad”, two reported “acceptable” and two reported “good”.
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OTHER CONTAMINANTS OUTSTANDING
Through the air quality monitoring network of the Municipal Planning Institute of Saltillo (Implan) installed on June 5, the levels of 2.5 micron particles can be known at 20 stations distributed throughout the city.
Nevertheless, SMA stations also measure other criteria pollutants such as ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and suspended particles smaller than 10 micrometers (PM10).
2024-08-03 05:56:57