Using NAQSAT to Assess Air Quality Concerns

Important Points About NAQSAT

• Available online at no cost to the user

• User friendly and may be run on any computer with internet access

• All inputs and results are confidential

• Home page contains a user’s manual, helpful links, and a video to introduce the tool

• May be used to assess management of air emissions on swine, dairy, beef, broiler chicken, laying hen, or turkey farms

The National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool (NAQSAT) was developed for livestock producers and their advisors who are interested in investigating opportunities to reduce air emissions from their operation.

The online tool is designed to provide farmers and their advisors air emissions information explicitly for their farm in a confidential setting. The tool may be run from any computer with internet access. All information entered into NAQSAT and the corresponding results remain confidential.

Users of NAQSAT may respond to questions under each of eight management categories. Based upon the responses to previously answered questions, the program determines what additional questions need to be answered so only questions pertaining to the operation are asked.

NAQSAT sessions are saved on the host computer for a minimum of 30 days.

NAQSAT’s Effectiveness Results The tool addresses seven emissions of concern in eight management categories. Within the results page the green area in each rectangle indicates the expected effectiveness of current management practices, while the white area indicates the opportunity for improvement. Additional scenarios may be run to measure the impact of improved practices. NAQSAT does not indicate any emission rates or totals for the farm.

NAQSAT National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool

Contributing partners to the development of NAQSAT:

Beth Stuever, MSU ANR

Authors: G. May, Michigan State Univ. Ext., S. Archibeque, Colorado State Univ.