Coachella Valley Air Monitoring

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Comite Civico del Valle

Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Network

Proposed Sites of Monitors in the

Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Network

• Desert Mirage High School – Thermal

• Oasis Elementary School – Thermal

• Cesar Chavez Elementary – Coachella

• Saul Martinez Elementary – Mecca

• Community Member

Coachella Valley Air Monitoring Project

• Air monitoring network requested by the community

• 5 Particulate matter (PM) monitors where the community wanted to better understand air quality in the Coachella Valley

• Project values: – Community participation

– Quality data

– Sustainability

Community Steering Committee

• Javier Aceves, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

• Araceli Beltrán, Thermal • Gerardo Daniels, Mecca • Rita Galindo, Coachella • David Gomez, Mecca • Mariela Magaña, Coachella • Jean Martinez, Coachella • Marisol Peña, Mecca • Manuela Ramirez, Mecca • Maria Rodriguez, North Shore • Olivia Rodriguez, Thermal • Daniel Tirado-Lopez, Torrez Martinez

Tribe • Rebecca Zaragoza, Leadership Counsel

Committee’s Role in Project

• Share knowledge of air pollution sources in the community

• Identify and recruit sites for air monitors

• Aid in spreading awareness of the project within the community

• Recruit members of the community into taking action to improve air quality

Contaminants

Particulate Matter

Image courtesy of U.S .EPA

Particulate Matter Monitor

Monitor Data Flow

Monitoring Flow

IVAN DATA

IVAN Coachella

Community Reporting System

Air Quality Alerts

Benefits To Your Community

• With these monitors the Coachella Valley, your community, will have better information to guide actions to reduce air pollution and improve student and the surrounding community health.

• In particular, vulnerable populations with respiratory problems such as asthma or other known diseases associated with air quality, the community and parents with asthmatic children will be able to make more informed asthma management decisions by having real-time data about air quality in their communities.

• By hosting an air monitor, Your school districts will enable the collection of important data and contribute to efforts to improve public health throughout the county.

Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc.

235 Main Street

Brawley, CA 92227

P: (760) 351-8761

F: (760) 351-8762