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DHEC Air Monitoring Sites in or near Charleston:
1. Bushy Park Pump Station
Ozone Monitor
2. Charleston FAA Beacon
PM2.5 Federal Reference
Monitors: these 2 monitors collect 24 hour samples. The primary
monitor collects samples daily, and the secondary monitor takes
samples every 6 days.
3. U.S. Army Reserve
No longer monitoring at this location
4. Jenkins Avenue Fire Station
PM10 continuous monitor: weighs a sample every hour
TSP (total suspended particulates) monitor
5. U.S. Naval Base
No longer monitoring at this location
6. Ashe Street
No longer monitoring at this location
7. Charleston Public Works
PM2.5 Federal Reference Monitor: 1 monitor collects 24 hour samples
daily.
PM2.5 Speciation Monitor: this monitor has 3 different types of
filters and can be used to detect different metals in the particulates.
8. Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge
PM10 continuous monitor (weighs a sample every hour)
PM2.5 Speciation Monitor: this monitor has 3 different types of
filters and can be used to detect different metals in the particulates.
Ozone Monitor
SO2, NO2, and CO monitors
Metereology, wind speed and direction
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