Ambient Air Monitoring Data at Cheung Ching Estate, Tsing Yi

Summary of Ambient Air Monitoring (Winter)

starting from 2010

Parameters Hong Kong Air Quality Objective(before Jan 2014) Baseline Monitoring Results
1993 2010 2011 2012 2013
24 hr. Average Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan
Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) ug/m3 350 8-19 <2.6-6.4 9.4-17.4 <2.6-2.9 3.3-11.1
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) ug/m3 150 38-90 25.8-47.3 2.0-43.3 35.2-57.4 30.4-57.4
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) ug/m3 260 43-109 43-128 69-145 50-103 63-105
Respirable Suspended Particulates (RSP) ug/m3 180 27-69 37-107 60-95 44-102 41-86
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) ug/m3 --- 27-107 40.1-62.9 24.6-64.1 58.4-115.8 34.3-99.0
Non-methane Hydrocarbons (NMHC) mg/m3 --- 0.1-1.1 0.25-0.75 0.40-2.59 1.07-2.30 0.78-3.20
PCBs (total) ng/m3 --- ND ND ND ND ND
Dioxins (total) pg/m3 --- 0.131 0.207 0.208 0.075 0.03
VOCs (total) ug/m3 --- 88.3 15.16 41.64 16.27 13.88
Prevailing Wind Direction --- NE SW N to NE E to SE E

 

Parameters Hong Kong Air Quality Objective(since Jan 2014) Baseline Monitoring Results
1993 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
24 hr. Average Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan
Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) ug/m3 125 8-19 <2.6-7.9 <2.6-4.0 3.1-11.0 6.9-9.5 5.4-9.2 4.9-6.2 2.8-4.6 4.6-6.1
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) ug/m3 --- 38-90 45.7-74.7 5.6-34.8 10.2-40.5 56.2-67.0 51-74.7 48.6-64.3 37.3-49.6 38.2-45.9
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) ug/m3 --- 43-109 81-145 20-105 14-58 53-94 39-62 55-66 45-66 60-75
Respirable Suspended Particulates (RSP) ug/m3 100 27-69 65-111 15-82 13-47 42-73 18-31 36-55 23-34 30-48
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) ug/m3 --- 27-107 49.7-89.9 12.0-68.1 19.3-86.1 80.6-92.5 60.7-85.7 70.6-85.9 57.0-68.0 53.7-67.7
Non-methane Hydrocarbons (NMHC) mg/m3 --- 0.1-1.1 0.65-4.43 1.10-1.85 0.85-5.36 0.69-2.69 0.85-2.51 1.9-2.94 0.91-1.69 1.27-1.58
PCBs (total) ng/m3 --- ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
Dioxins (total) pg/m3 --- 0.131 0.118 0.187 0.109 0.055 0.057 0.036 0.016 0.023
VOCs (total) ug/m3 --- 88.3 13.92 8.78 ND 8.93 22.95 3.53 ND ND
Prevailing Wind Direction --- NE W NE E E E to SE SE E to SE E to SE

 

Parameters Hong Kong Air Quality Objective(since Jan 2022) Baseline Monitoring Results
2020 2022 2023 2024          
24 hr. Average Jan Jan Jan Jan          
Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) ug/m3 50 2.8-4.6 5.9-6.7 7.5-7.9 7.1-7.6          
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) ug/m3 --- 37.3-49.6 56.0-68.7 53.1-64.9 65.6-80.4          
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) ug/m3 --- 45-66 52-68 28-56 57-85          
Respirable Suspended Particulates (RSP) ug/m3 100 23-34 31-38 19-46 16-34          
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) ug/m3 --- 57.0-68.0 75.8-97.5 72.8-93.2 97.7-114.4          
Non-methane Hydrocarbons (NMHC) mg/m3 --- 0.91-1.69 1.42-1.71 1.24-1.48 1.27-1.54          
PCBs (total) ng/m3 --- ND ND ND ND          
Dioxins (total) pg/m3 --- 0.016 0.028 0.027 0.026          
VOCs (total) ug/m3 --- ND 14.8 4.88 59.8          
Prevailing Wind Direction --- E to SE SE NW E          

 

Remarks :

-Meteorological data were obtained on the roof of Technical building at CWTC.
-The Total 2,3,7,8-TCDD Toxicity Equivalence is the product sum of the concentration of all seventeen 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDDs/PCDFs congeners and their respective Toxicity Equivalence Factor (TEF). For those congeners with concentration found below the MDL, half MDL is used for calculation.
-Ambient air sample for Jan. 2013 was taken at the adjacent Ching Wai House because Ching Yung House was under renovation works.
-ND stands for not detectable.

 

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