DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF ESTONIAN AIR QUALITYESTONIAN AIR QUALITYMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Supply and Technical Assistance Supply and Technical Assistance Contract for procurement of Air Quality Contract for procurement of Air Quality

Management System (AQMS) Management System (AQMS)

EU Commission Phare ProgrammeEU Commission Phare ProgrammeEuropeAid/114968/D/S/EEEuropeAid/114968/D/S/EE

The BackgroundThe Background

According to the Air Quality Framework Directive According to the Air Quality Framework Directive 96/62/EC, all EU Member States,96/62/EC, all EU Member States,which do not have representative measurements which do not have representative measurements of the levels of pollutants for all zones andof the levels of pollutants for all zones andAgglomerationsAgglomerationsshall undertake series of representative shall undertake series of representative measurements, surveys or Assessmentsmeasurements, surveys or Assessmentsin order to have the data available for in order to have the data available for implementation of the Directiveimplementation of the Directive.

The GoalThe Goal

To Provide EstoniaTo Provide Estoniawith awith a

Modern NationwideModern NationwideAir Quality Management SystemAir Quality Management System

How it startedHow it started• Phare Programme• Twinning Projects• Sida (Swedish International Development

and Cooperation Agency) project in Tallinn City since early 90's

What is Air Quality What is Air Quality Management?Management?

An endless loop of

o Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Data

o Emission Databases

o Air Quality Modelling

• Training

Please note that we are talking about MANAGEMENT!

A Presentation of the Project A Presentation of the Project ComponentsComponents

• Air Quality Modelling• Internet Based Application System

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations• Meteorological Measurement Equipment• Passive Sampler Campaigns• Laboratory Equipment• Computers• Training

Main PartnersMain Partners• Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC)

via the formal BeneficiaryThe Ministry of Environment

• SMHI, Sweden (Modelling and meteorological input) Apertum, Sweden (Internet System) Candela, Poland (Laboratory Equipment) Conexor, Sweden (Project Management) FDS, Sweden (Meteorological Equipment) Horiba, Germany (Monitoring Equipment) IVL, Sweden (Passive Samplers) Kernel, Estonia (Computers)

Main Estonian PartnersMain Estonian Partners• Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC)• Ministry of Environment (MoE)• Environmental Information Centre (EIC)• Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological

Institute (EMHI)• Environmental Inspectorate (EI)• County Environmental Departments• City / Municipality Environmental Departments

with Tallinn City as the leading agency

Air Quality Monitoring Air Quality Monitoring EquipmentEquipment

Three new monitoring stations will measure

• SO2 (Sulfur Dioxide)

• NOX (Nitrogen Dioxides)

• O3 (Ozone)

• PM 10 / 2.5 (Particulates)

• TSP (Particulates)

• BTX (Hydrocarbons)

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Meteorological EquipmentMeteorological Equipment• Three 24 meter masts

will provide input to large scale modelling• Ultrasonic

Anemometers(x, y, z) wind components

• Differential temperature

• Temperature• Humidity• Precipitation

Cooperation with EMT for meteorological equipment installations

Passive SamplersPassive Samplers• The pollutant is

transported to the sorbent by molecular diffusion

• Sampling time1 – 4 weeks

• SO2, NO2, VOC

• 145 samplers per campaign;3 campaigns nationwide

Passive Samplers CampaignsPassive Samplers Campaigns• The first measurement

campaign shows very low SO2 and NO2 values for background sites

Passive Samplers CampaignsPassive Samplers Campaigns• The first campaign

also measured NO2 in some cities.Where do you think the highest values were found in Tartu?

Air Quality Monitoring Air Quality Monitoring EquipmentEquipment

• The “active” monitoring stations will be used for more detailed measurements:* Mobile locations for various types of surveys* Hourly values* On-line quality checks

Laboratory EquipmentLaboratory Equipment• Chromato-mass

detector for organic pollution determination

• High performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) and UV detector (ketones + aldehydes)

• Heavy metal detection equipment ICP (air + precipitation)

The Internet ApplicationThe Internet ApplicationThe Airviro SystemThe Airviro System

• The Internet Airviro is based on the fact that many customers, like the EERC, are looking for applications which make use of the Internet for decentralisation of work and responsibilities.

• One corner stone is that only ONE application installation is needed (in the Central Office).

• Users at the Central Offices access via the Local Area Network (LAN).

• County Offices access via the Internet utilising a standard PC and an Internet connection. No additional application/software installations are needed at the County Offices.

Ambient Air Quality DataAmbient Air Quality Data• Real time data

collection• Quality controls• Various

presentation functions under MS Windows

• Statistical functions

Emission DatabasesEmission Databases• On-line emission input

via Internet• Cooperation between

various organisational levels

• Spatial presentation functions under MS Windows

• The picture shows simulated NOX emissions from traffic in Tallinn

Air Quality ModellingAir Quality Modelling• Wind model• Langrangean /

Gaussian model• Grid model• MATCH model• Heavy gas model• Receptor model• Street canyon model• Presentation functions

under MS Windows

TrainingTraining• Target groups:

* Operators (key users)* County

Environmental Departments

* Environmental Inspectorates

• Cluster organisation• Stepwise training on the

applications• On-the-job approach• Only 360 days total project

schedule

Some experiences from other Some experiences from other AQM projectsAQM projects

• Successful projects are based on synergetic principles;i.e. if I provide information to you and you provide information to me, 1 + 1 = 3

• TTT = Things Take Time• Sharing information with the general

public and/or the media often creates some “problems” but it also creates understanding and consequently long-term improvements

Thank you for yourThank you for yourinterest!!!interest!!!

Estonia will have one of the Estonia will have one of the most modern AQM systems in most modern AQM systems in

the world next year…the world next year…

You can find more information onwww.conexor.com/estonia/phare_aqm/phare_aqm.htm