Special Monitoring Projects

Community Air Quality Mobile Monitoring in the City of Sacramento 

Community air monitoring was conducted within the City of Sacramento communities from February 2023 to April 2023 using a van equipped with research-grade air monitoring instruments. This initiative aimed to help identify potential local air quality concerns, support existing monitoring efforts, further community education, and serve as a resource for partner agencies and community organizations. This project is one element of a three-part Air Quality Monitoring Pilot Project in partnership with the City of Sacramento. 

A summary of the monitoring results is ​presented in a Story​Map.

The full report and supplemental materials can be found here: 

Final report​
Appendix 1. Quality Assurance Report
Appendix 2. Table A-2
Raw and Enhanced Data (coming soon)​

​Sacrament​​​​​o Toxics​​​ from Wood Smoke Study​​

​The Sac Metro Air District conducted a Toxics from Wood Smoke Study in Sacramento County communities from December 2016 – January 2017. The study was made possible with funding from a Community Scale Air Toxics Ambient Monitoring grant award provided by U.S. EPA.

The study focused on four research questions:

1.       What are the concentrations of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) in various communities in Sacramento?

2.       To what degree does wood smoke contribute to toxics in these communities?

3.       Are disadvantaged communities disproportionately impacted by toxics from wood smoke?

4.       Are there changes that can be made to the Sac Metro Air District’s air quality outreach program to reduce toxics from wood smoke?

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Results and conclusions from this study are presented in a final report.