Burn only dry wood to reduce smoke coming from your chimney.
Current PM10 levels
The pollutant PM10 (particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter) is easily breathed in. To help protect human health the Government has set the average daily limit of PM10 at 50 micrograms/m3.
The current PM10 levels are:
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Gore
Main Street14.3 micrograms/m3 as of 12 Aug 2020 11:10 AM -
Invercargill
Pomona Street7.4 micrograms/m3 as of 12 Aug 2020 11:00 AM
- Action > 50 μg/m3
- Alert > 33 - 50 μg/m3
- Acceptable > 16.5 - 33 μg/m3
- Good 0 - 16.5 μg/m3