Abstract
This paper describes the research carried out to investigate air quality in Kuwait. It examined the results of several years of pollutants data provided by Kuwait Environment Public Authority. The data were obtained from a number of fix monitoring stations. The results of the time series analysis have shown that monitored exposures vary substantially and are unique to the location and temporal variation of the measured site (background, urban area, industry area and refinery area). Also, outdoor pollutant levels were governed more by the characteristics of traffic rather than level of flow and traffic.
Highlights
Air pollution defined as the introduction of gaseous substances to the air by human that hazard to well-being or health, or yield additional detrimental ecological effects (EPA, 2006)
It clearly shows the huge variation from one AQMS to another AQMS not in the magnitude of the pollution concentration and in duration
The outdoor air quality was evaluated by obtaining selected pollutants, namely, Carbon Monoxide (CO), O3, Nitric Oxide (NO), SO2 and PM10, it was achieved by using data obtained from five KUEPA fixed monitoring stations
Summary
Air pollution defined as the introduction of gaseous substances to the air by human that hazard to well-being or health, or yield additional detrimental ecological effects (EPA, 2006). The particles and gaseous are the types of air pollution emission, which are classified into primary and secondary pollutants. The emission of pollutant directly into the air is called primary pollutants. The reaction of emission in atmosphere is called secondary pollutants. In 1987, the first personal exposure guidelines was published for ambient Particulates (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Ozone (O3) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) by the World Health Organization (WHO, 1987). The personal exposure allowed was reduce in subsequent guidelines by more than 50% due to studies which showed observable health effects studies on (WHO, 1987). The Kuwait Environment Public Authority (KU-EPA) published new standards and guidelines for outdoor pollutant levels in 2017
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