DEVELOPMENT OF ESTONIAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Supply and Technical Assistance Contract for procurement of Air Quality Management System (AQMS) EU Commission Phare Programme EuropeAid/114968/D/S/EE

The Background According to the Air Quality Framework Directive 96/62/EC, all EU Member States, which do not have representative measurements of the levels of pollutants for all zones and Agglomerations shall undertake series of representative measurements, surveys or Assessments in order to have the data available for implementation of the Directive Agglomerations shall undertake series of representative measurements, surveys or Assessments in order to have the data available for implementation of the Directive.

The Goal To Provide Estonia with a Modern Nationwide Air Quality Management System

How it started Phare Programme Twinning Projects Sida (Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency) project in Tallinn City since early 90's

What is Air Quality Management? An endless loop of oAmbient Air Quality Monitoring Data oEmission Databases oAir Quality Modelling Training Please note that we are talking about MANAGEMENT!

A Presentation of the Project Components Air Quality Modelling Internet Based Application System Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations Meteorological Measurement Equipment Passive Sampler Campaigns Laboratory Equipment Computers Training

Main Partners Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC) via the formal Beneficiary The Ministry of Environment SMHI, Sweden (Modelling and meteorological input)  Apertum, Sweden (Internet System)  Candela, Poland (Laboratory Equipment)  Conexor, Sweden (Project Management)  FDS, Sweden (Meteorological Equipment)  Horiba, Germany (Monitoring Equipment)  IVL, Sweden (Passive Samplers)  Kernel, Estonia (Computers)

Main Estonian Partners Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC) Ministry of Environment (MoE) Environmental Information Centre (EIC) Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (EMHI) Environmental Inspectorate (EI) County Environmental Departments City / Municipality Environmental Departments with Tallinn City as the leading agency

Air Quality Monitoring Equipment Three new monitoring stations will measure SO 2 (Sulfur Dioxide) NO X (Nitrogen Dioxides) O 3 (Ozone) PM 10 / 2.5 (Particulates) TSP (Particulates) BTX (Hydrocarbons)

Meteorological Equipment Three 24 meter masts will provide input to large scale modelling Ultrasonic Anemometers (x, y, z) wind components Differential temperature Temperature Humidity Precipitation

Cooperation with EMT for meteorological equipment installations

Passive Samplers The pollutant is transported to the sorbent by molecular diffusion Sampling time 1 – 4 weeks SO 2, NO 2, VOC 145 samplers per campaign; 3 campaigns nationwide

Passive Samplers Campaigns The first measurement campaign shows very low SO 2 and NO 2 values for background sites

Passive Samplers Campaigns The first campaign also measured NO 2 in some cities. Where do you think the highest values were found in Tartu?

Air Quality Monitoring Equipment The “active” monitoring stations will be used for more detailed measurements: * Mobile locations for various types of surveys * Hourly values * On-line quality checks

Laboratory Equipment Chromato-mass detector for organic pollution determination High performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) and UV detector (ketones + aldehydes) Heavy metal detection equipment ICP (air + precipitation)

The Internet Application The Airviro System The Internet Airviro is based on the fact that many customers, like the EERC, are looking for applications which make use of the Internet for decentralisation of work and responsibilities.

One corner stone is that only ONE application installation is needed (in the Central Office). Users at the Central Offices access via the Local Area Network (LAN). County Offices access via the Internet utilising a standard PC and an Internet connection. No additional application/software installations are needed at the County Offices.

Ambient Air Quality Data Real time data collection Quality controls Various presentation functions under MS Windows Statistical functions

Emission Databases On-line emission input via Internet Cooperation between various organisational levels Spatial presentation functions under MS Windows The picture shows simulated NO X emissions from traffic in Tallinn

Air Quality Modelling Wind model Langrangean / Gaussian model Grid model MATCH model Heavy gas model Receptor model Street canyon model Presentation functions under MS Windows

Training Target groups: *Operators (key users) * County Environmental Departments * Environmental Inspectorates Cluster organisation Stepwise training on the applications On-the-job approach Only 360 days total project schedule

Some experiences from other AQM projects Successful projects are based on synergetic principles; i.e. if I provide information to you and you provide information to me, = 3 TTT = Things Take Time Sharing information with the general public and/or the media often creates some “problems” but it also creates understanding and consequently long- term improvements

Thank you for your interest!!! Estonia will have one of the most modern AQM systems in the world next year… You can find more information on