The Moolawatana air quality monitoring station is located on private property. This site is in the South Australia Arid Lands.
An estimated 2 people live within 25km of this monitoring site (2016 census).
Commissioned: 2008
Latitude: 29⁰ 54' 25.92''S
Longitude: 139⁰ 44' 12.84''E
Elevation: 93.9 metres
The following air pollutants are measured at this station:
- Total Suspended Particles (TSP)
Data from the site is reported as hourly updated particle concentrations.
Continuous record – data from most rural sites is only collected in 15-minute intervals as the solar-powered instruments need to preserve energy.
Instrument limitations – Most rural network stations use mid-cost indicative monitors which respond to all aerosols including dust, sea salt and smoke. Single-channel DustTraks (TSP only) will also respond to fog. Care must be taken in interpreting the data compared with Air NEPM standards without additional information.