Arrowtown finished winter with seven low-pollution days. This winter there were 38 high-pollution days, the lowest total of the four Central Otago towns that the ORC monitors for air quality. Image supplied.
The ORC installed a high-volume sampler at Lakes District Hospital in late July and tested air quality for a month at the suggestion of the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Spatial sampling was carried out to evaluate the distribution of PM10 around the town.
Initial results showed the readings at the site were lower than the National Environmental Standard but there were signs the air quality was not so good in pockets about the village.
