{"id":20,"date":"2021-01-19T12:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-06-16T07:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:56:47","slug":"air-quality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-style-split-background has-theme-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center home-aqi-column has-theme-primary-extra-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-primary-dark-color has-text-color\">Air is a precious resource<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-black-color has-text-color\">With every breath we take, our lungs are exposed to the world around us, filtering over 11,000 liters of air each day.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-black-color has-text-color\">Breathing polluted air can harm our health by inflaming and damaging lung tissue. This weakens our lung&#8217;s ability to fight off contaminants and infections.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-black-color has-text-color\">Thanks to decades of progress and technological advances, the Spokane region has good air quality on most days of the year.  There are days, however, when our air quality fails to meet health-based standards. This most often occurs in summer due to wildfire smoke. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column home-burn-column has-theme-primary-dark-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-white-color has-text-color\">Air Quality Index<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"srcaa_aqi-block_936f1929546b4e01169ac85e7b8b472a\" class=\"aqi-widgets-block aqi forecast_today layout_vertical\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"aq-outer aqi\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aqi-header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/current-air-quality\/\">Current<\/a><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"aq-wrapper compact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aq-div aq-current status-good active\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"aq-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aq-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"aq-desc\">Good<\/span><span class=\"aq-numeric\">0 &#8211; 50<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aq-number\"><div class=\"arrow\"><\/div>38<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- end aq-wrapper -->\n\n\t<\/div><!-- end aq-outer -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aq-outer forecast\">\n\t\t<div class=\"aqi-header\">Today&#8217;s Forecast<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aq-div aq-forecast today status-good\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"aq-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"aq-label\">Good<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-widget-row direction-undefined ck-columns ck-columns-wrap-true ck-columns-align-left has-3-columns has-1-columns-mobile has-3-columns-tablet\"><div class=\"ck-columns__wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-landing-page-link-icon\"><div class=\"is-style-small wp-block-carkeek-blocks-icon-block\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-wind fa-regular\"> <\/i>\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ck-page-link-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/current-air-quality\/\">Current AQI &amp; Monitoring Map<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"ck-page-link-description\">Check the current Air Quality Index, the 2-day air quality forecast, and monitoring station maps and data.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-landing-page-link-icon\"><div class=\"is-style-small wp-block-carkeek-blocks-icon-block\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-biohazard fa-regular\"> <\/i>\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ck-page-link-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/air-pollutants-trends-reports\/\">Air Pollutants &amp; Trends<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"ck-page-link-description\">In the Spokane-area, the two air pollutants of most concern are fine particles and ozone.  <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-landing-page-link-icon\"><div class=\"is-style-small wp-block-carkeek-blocks-icon-block\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-newspaper fa-regular\"> <\/i>\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ck-page-link-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/air-quality-publications\/\">Air Quality Publications &amp; Reports<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"ck-page-link-description\">Find a variety of air quality publications, reports, and data summaries.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-landing-page-link-icon\"><div class=\"is-style-small wp-block-carkeek-blocks-icon-block\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-calendar-check fa-regular\"> <\/i>\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ck-page-link-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/regulations-fees\/\">Regulations &amp; Fees <\/a><\/h3><p class=\"ck-page-link-description\">We encourage business owners and residents to be familiar with our local air quality regulations.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-landing-page-link-icon\"><div class=\"is-style-small wp-block-carkeek-blocks-icon-block\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-fire-smoke fa-regular\"> <\/i>\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ck-page-link-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/wildfire-smoke\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/wildfire-smoke\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/wildfire-smoke\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/wildfire-smoke\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/wildfire-smoke\/\">Wildfire Smoke &#8211; Protect your health<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/h3><p class=\"ck-page-link-description\">We can\u2019t predict the severity of smoke impacts from year to year, but we can take steps to prepare in order to protect our health.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-landing-page-link-icon\"><div class=\"is-style-small wp-block-carkeek-blocks-icon-block\">\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-heat fa-regular\"> <\/i>\t<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ck-page-link-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/odors\/\">Odors<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"ck-page-link-description\">Everyone has a right to breathe clean air. Odors are a concern when they unreasonably interfere with one&#8217;s enjoyment of life and property.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-theme-primary-dark-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spokane Clean Air - Air Monitoring\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rWCQs8ipidI?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we monitor Spokane&#8217;s air<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&nbsp;measure various outdoor air pollutants at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spokanecleanair.org\/air-quality\/current-air-quality\/\">monitoring stations<\/a>&nbsp;throughout Spokane County. Each site provides hourly and daily readings of pollutant concentrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monitoring air quality and weather patterns enables us to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Forecast daily air quality conditions and significant events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Report current air quality in our communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Issue&nbsp;burn bans on indoor wood heating and outdoor burning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help people use data to make clean air choices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-contextual-highlight is-style-no-border\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-carkeek-blocks-contextual-highlight-text\"><div class=\"highlight-headline\">Questions? 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