South Africa: Air Quality Monitoring: Current and Future initiatives

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1 South Africa: Air Quality Monitoring: Current and Future initiatives WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) International Workshop Seamless Prediction of Air Pollution for Africa: from Regional to Urban P. Gwaze Department of Environmental Affairs

2 Presentation Brief Who funds (or could fund) their activities within this project? Who would be the stakeholders and the users of the data and information? Are there specific data policies that have to be adhered to?

3 Air Quality Management Legislation Timeframe 2004, National Environmental Management Air Quality Act, NEMAQA 1996, Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1998, National Environmental Management Act, NEMA 2010, APPA fully repealed and NEMAQA came into full effect 1965 Air Pollution Prevention Act, APPA

4 Air Quality Information Management and Dissemination

5 National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network There are currently nearly 130 government owned stations across the country Of these an about 50 are reporting to SAAQIS LIVE

6 National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network Criteria pollutants PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx, CO, O3 based on reference methods H2S two stations, procuring two more analysers Black carbon measurements at 11 stations around Gauteng and Mpumalanga Met measurements at nearly all stations (temp, pressure, RH, rad etc) Most stations located in metros or SA AQ priority areas All data management (data collection, verification, reporting) centralised onto the South African Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS)

7 Ambient Monitoring Data Flow DYNAMIC DISPLAY& GIS ANALYSE COMMUNICATION MODULE SAAQIS DATA ASSURANCE SAAQIS DATA MANAGEMENT REPORTS EDIT DATA VALIDATE PUBLIC DISTR.(MOBILE, WEBSITE ETC ASSET MAN.

8 South African Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS) Promoting access to air quality information Public Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in partnership with the SAWS have developed the SAAQIS One stop-shop for all AQ related information, legislation, documentation, AQO contacts etc. LIVE reporting at the core of the webpage, INDEX, POLLUTANTS, METEOROLOGY Interactive Learners Corner with exciting information on AQ for school children and the public SAAQIS undergoing final stages of development

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10 SAAQIS APP Ambient Monitoring Information Available on Android and on IOS LIVE INDEX, POLLUTANTS, METEOROLOGY Ability to plot historical data Generate reports Set APP for personal use with specific stations of interest, settings

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12 Emission Inventory Management National Atmospheric Emission Inventory System(NAEIS)

13 Industrial Emission Management National Atmospheric Emission Inventory System (NAEIS) National online system for colleting ALL emissions information National bottom-up emissions reporting system for industrial facilities annual reporting supported by regulations Facility reporting at process level Emission factors based mostly on US-EPA AP42 database However, system allows all reporting estimation approaches Industrial reporting for 2016 and 2017 emissions Over 1250 facilities reported

14 IPCC Sector Emission Sector Sub-sector Energy Ind. AFL Waste Industry Transport Agricultural and fishing Listed activities Controlled emitters Mines and quarries Road using vehicles Rail Aviation Marine Pipelines Fishing Agricultural practices X X X X X X X Residential Fuel burning X Waste Waste water treatment works Landfills X X Land use and forestry Land use change and management X Natural sources Biogenic X

15 Listed Activities across the country reporting emissions to government (grey)

16 Economic Sectors Reporting to NAEIS

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19 Observations Bottom-up EI for the country EI reports not complete 77% reporting compliance Accuracy and transparency in reporting EI completeness at a national level S21 M&Q, S23 Comments TCCCA principles improvements Guidance on minimum reporting requirements Improve enforcement to NAEIS reporting (both industrial process facilities and mining operations) Improve capacity of dataholders to ensure better understanding of their facility processes Long term plan to develop non-industrial emission inventories

20 South African Air Quality Priority Areas

21 National Air Quality Priority Areas S18: National Air Quality Priority Areas Declaration of Priority areas: Minister or MEC reasonably ambient standards are being exceeded Criteria: National: crosses provincial boundaries or MEC requests

22 Future Activities in Observations Ambient Monitoring Improving ambient monitoring identified 42 strategic stations where DEA will be managing over the next few year Improving quality systems in ambient monitoring Reanalyses of archive raw data with new improved protocols Investigating alternative monitoring techniques micro-sensors? Emission Management Improve QA/QC in industrial emission reporting Capturing mining activities to report to the national system Improving data mining from system e.g., High resolution non-industrial emission estimations Supporting global inventory programs GEIA?

23 Thank you!