Preventive notice for pollution in the Barcelona area

2023-06-23 02:52:44

The Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Generalitat has activated a preventive notice for air pollution due to moderate levels of particles with a diameter of less than 10 microns (PM10) in the 40 municipalities that make up the Special Protection Zone (ZPE) of the Atmospheric atmosphere of the Barcelona conurbation.

The municipalities are Badalona, ​​Barcelona, ​​L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Castelldefels, Cornellà de Llobregat, Gavà, Martorell, Molins de Rei, Esplugues de Llobregat, el Papiol, Pallejà, el Prat de Llobregat, Sant Andreu de la Barca, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí, Sant Just Desvern and Sant Vicenç dels Horts.

are also included Viladecans, Badia del Vallès, Barberà del Vallès, Castellbisbal, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Montcada i Reixac, Ripollet, Rubí, Sabadell, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Terrassa, Granollers, la Llagosta, Martorelles, Mollet del Vallès, Montmeló, Montornès del Vallès, Parets del Vallès and Sant Fost de Campsentelles.

The daily mean PM10 levels during on wednesday they were higher to the value of 50 micrograms per cubic meter in three measurement points: Barcelona Gràcia-Sant Gervasi station, L’Hospitalet Llobregat station in Torrent Gornal avenue and Sant Vicenç dels Horts station in Ribot-Sant Miquel.

the morning of this Thursday, quite high levels have also been detected and the 24-hour forecast indicates that they will continue, being able to exceed the daily value of 50 micrograms per cubic meter, since the intrusion of dust of African origin will persist, with concentrations of between 10 and 100 micrograms per cubic meter in the northeast sector. of the Iberian peninsula.

previous phase

The preventive notice is the previous phase to the possibility of environmental episodewithout necessarily having to be produced, and is activated to reduce pollutant emissions.

This notice involves indicating in the illuminated panels of the main road axes that the level of contamination is high, inform citizens to prioritize the use of public transportnotify industrial activities and public works and electricity generation to activate the work protocols provided for in these cases, and recommend to the municipalities that stop or reduce activities or works with dusty materials.