Regional Air Quality Partnerships

Again this year, residents in the Susquehanna Valley, Southwest Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley/Berks County can receive free air quality forecasts and early warning of bad ozone days by email.

Individuals without Internet access can call the partnerships’ toll-free ozone hotlines: Susquehanna Valley, 1-888-772-1306; Lehigh Valley/Berks County, 1-877-517-2969; Southwest Pennsylvania, 1-800-333-7688; and Southeast Pennsylvania, 1-800-872-7261.

The forecast features the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s standardized Air Quality Index that uses color to represent ozone concentrations (green signifies good, yellow means moderate, orange represents unhealthy ozone levels for sensitive people, and red warns of unhealthy ozone levels for all). DEP also provides year-round forecasts for fine particulate matter, commonly called PM2.5.

You can also monitor ozone and PM2.5 levels in your area in almost real time.

For more information visit the Air Quality Partnerships webpage.

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NewsClip: Summer Ozone Season Begins in Pennsylvania

5/6/2005