Road Dust/Fugitive EmissionsControl Workshop,

December 11, 2006

Mobile Air Monitoring

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Performed by

And

D. Corr, Ph.D.

Dept of Engineering Physics

McMaster University

ForClean Air Hamilton /City of Hamilton/ /MOE/EC

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Good Science+

Good Process=

Real Progress

Clean Air Hamilton Strategy

Risk Management Approach Applied to Community Wide Actions

• Identify Problem• Measure/Evaluate• Prioritize Risks • Inform Community• Cooperative Actions

www.cleanair.hamilton.ca

The Problem

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Deaths Resp Cardio

Deaths/Admissions

Sahsuvaroglu & Jerrett 2003

Health Impacts of Air Pollutants in Hamilton

Health Impacts in Hamilton – by Air Pollutant

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Deaths Resp Cardio

O3

NO2

SO2

P10

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Sahsuvaroglu & Jerrett 2003

What We’d Expect to See(National Pollutant Release Inventory)

• Carbon Monoxide – 66% Transportation, 23% Industry

• Sulphur Dioxide – 92% Industry, 5% Transportation

• Nitrogen Oxides – 57% Transportation, 37% Industry

• PM10 – 73% Open Sources/Road Dust, 18% Industry

Note: MOE identified trackout/road dust resuspension as a major problem

Emission Sources by Regions in Hamilton

Flamborough/Waterdown

East Mtn

NE Ind

Stny Crk

Mobile Command Centre

Instrument Rack Mounts

A/D Converter, Data Logger, GIS Software

Roof Mounting

Sampling Intakes

Gaseous/Particulate

GPS Head, Garmin 18, GIS Display

Trackout/Diesel Trucks

1. Particle inhalation

2. PM10, PM2.5, PM1 Components

3. Photos

4. Sample Trace

5. Consolidated PM10 Data

6. Comparison Previous Data

Particle Inhalation

Road Dust , Covariance 20xPM1, 10xPM2.5, PM10

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20xP1

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P10

P2.5/P10 R2 = 0.7

P2.5/P1 R2 = 0.98

Trackout 13 Jan

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NO ppb

P1 ug/m3

P2.5 ug/m3

P10 ug/m3IntersectionParkdaleBurlington

TrackoutBramptonAU

TrackoutStrathearneAV, AW, Z

AX

TrackoutKenilworthB, Gate 11

Sherman

TrackoutStrathearne

Burl St

Road Dust/Trackout

18 Locations Monitored, 14 Sources Identified

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Strathearne

Kenilworth N

Depew

Vict. NPortAuth

Nebo

Hwy 20Goder

Brampton

Pier 25

Imperial

Brant

BurlSher/Burl

Burl/Parkdale

Sherman

ChathamFrid

Parkdale

McKeil

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/m3

StreetResident

Criterion – 50 ug/m3 over 24 hrs

PM10 ROAD DUST

Ben Garden, Savas Kanaroglou, Pat DeLuca, Spatial analysis Unit, McMaster University

Conclusions• Survey for only short time period, in winter

season, limited to specific areas. • High levels of Airborne Particle Pollution due to

Trackout/Resuspension were observed in 18 locations.

• 14 specific sources were identified. • Resuspended Road Dust and Fugitive

Emissions are very significant sources of Airborne Particle Pollution in Hamilton.

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