Algoma Steel Inc. monitors air quality through two ambient air quality monitoring stations maintained by the company. The stations are located on Wallace Terrace, just west of Goulais Avenue, and on Patrick Street at the former William Merrifield Public School.
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TRS is "Total Reduced Sulphur" The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks ambient air quality criterion for TRS is 7 micrograms per cubic metre (5 parts per billion) for a 24 hour period and 13 micrograms per cubic metre for a 10 minute period (10 parts per billion). |
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PM10 is "fine particulate matter" The adopted Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks interim ambient air quality criterion for PM10 is 50 micrograms per cubic metre for a 24-hour period, which is based on a Canada Wide Standard. |
Algoma Steel Inc. Air Quality Information
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Parameter |
Sensor Location |
Units |
Value |
TRS |
Wallace Terrace Station |
Hourly parts per billion |
0
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PM10 (1) |
Wallace Terrace Station |
24 hour micrograms per cubic metre |
9
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TRS |
Patrick Street Station |
Hourly parts per billion |
2 |
~Wind Direction Vector(2) |
Wallace Terrace Station |
Hourly degrees |
132 |
Wind Speed Vector(2) |
Wallace Terrace Station |
Hourly km/hr |
3 |
Air Temperature |
Wallace Terrace Station |
Hourly Celsius degrees |
-9 |
Relative Humidity |
Wallace Terrace Station |
Percent |
73 |
Page last updated at 12:00 PM(3) on December 19 2022 |
Meterological Data from: #4 Gate Goulais Avenue Meteorological Station |
~KEY: Wind direction in degrees from 0 to 360 |
Direction |
Degrees |
From North |
0, 360 |
From East |
90 |
From South |
180 |
From West |
270 |
(1) |
PM10 average is based on a 24-hour rolling average period. |
(2) |
Vector
wind speed and direction provide a vector mean of all the instantaneous samples
of wind direction and wind speed sampled each hour. |
(3) |
Data is presented in Local Standard Time. This means that data may appear with a one hour offset timestamp during Daylight Time. |