Hwaseong City Strengthens Air Pollution Monitoring Through Construction Site Fine Dust Field Measurements

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Su-won] Hwaseong City announced on the 3rd that it is strengthening surveillance of illegal emissions to suppress fine dust generation at construction sites as spring season begins in earnest.

To this end, the city will distribute 'fine dust portable meters' to the private inspection team for illegal fine dust emission sources, and beginning this month, they will directly visit construction sites and areas of concern for fine dust generation to measure fine dust concentration.

The inspection team will utilize the measured values to distribute guidance on dust reduction measures to construction sites where readings exceed standard levels, and will share measurement data with the Environmental Guidance Division, which oversees inspections, to systematically monitor fine dust emission sources.

The city operates 10 atmospheric environment measurement stations for measuring air quality pollution levels including fine dust and ultrafine dust, as well as 100 dense air quality measurement stations, while responding to air pollution conditions. Since 2019, through the operation of an illegal fine dust emission source inspection team, the city has been preemptively preventing illegal activities and conducting intensive surveillance on major fine dust emission sources. This year, the 10-member inspection team will operate for a total of 8 months: from March to June and September to December, when fine dust levels are high.

Yu Cheong-mo, head of the Climate and Environment Division, said, "Spring season every year is a time when citizens have great concerns and worries about high-concentration fine dust," and added, "We will do our best to manage and respond to fine dust to protect citizens' health."