New South Wales Air Quality Statement 2017

Clearing the Air

This report reviews air quality across NSW as measured by our network of monitoring stations. NSW air quality in 2017 continued to be generally good by international standards, although there was a small increase in the number of days above national standards compared with 2016.

NSW Air Quality Statement 2017 publication cover
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Date
12 January 2018
Publisher
Office of Environment and Heritage
Type
Publication, Annual report
Status
Final
Cost
Free
Language
English
Tags
  • ISBN 978-1-92575-306-6
  • ID OEH20180044
  • File PDF 945KB
  • Pages 14
  • Name nsw-air-quality-statement-2017-180044.pdf

In Sydney, air quality has met the national daily standard for PM2.5 particles on all but 14 days in 2017. Levels rose above the PM10 daily standard on nine days. This is an increase of six and two days respectively compared to 2016.

This increase can be largely attributed to widespread hazard reduction burning during August undertaken to reduce the bushfire risk in NSW and widespread dust in September following a very dry winter period.

This air quality statement for 2017 is based on data collected by the Office of Environment and Heritage at its monitoring networks across the state and includes a particular focus on air quality in the Hunter Valley.