Assessment of SPM and Ozone in Amravati City

Abstract

Air pollution has become an environmental problem of public concern worldwide. The Amravati city
is fast developing city, rural population around city migrated towards the city. Because of various facilities such
as education, market, business, health, and entertainment are available in the city; increasing urbanization
increases the vehicular traffic day by day. In addition to this five star MIDC at Nandgaon Peth which is a
distance of 20 km from the core Amraati city is growing tremendously. It is observed that the air quality of
Amravati city is degrading day to day which affect human health in the city and adjoining area. The Sofia
thermal power station contributes a large quantity of SPM, RSPM, SOx, and NOx etc. In our study, the
concentration of suspended particulate matter (SPM)is monitored over periods of 24 hours and OZONE is
monitored over period of 8 hrs. at Amravati city. Pollutants concentrations were used to determine the AQI. The
five locations have to select for the assessment of SPM and OZONE on the basis of traffic volume, locality and
availability of electricity. The High Volume Sampler (HVS) is use to find out the concentration of SPM and O3.
The air is blown at the rate of 1.5 m3
/min. for SPM and 1.0 LPM for O3. Spectrophotometer is also used for
evaluation for O3 concentration. SPM is collected on filter paper and O3 is collected in a 1% KI in 0.1 m
Phosphate Buffer. This study identifies the potential sources of pollutants and degree of air pollution. Further,
management strategies to minimize the effect of air pollutants have also been suggested.