Ozone levels, however, are rising by 39 percent according to the PRD Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network.
Air Quality
Air quality is improving, according to the latest ‘State of the Environment’ survey, but we’re still creating too much rubbish compared to other major cities.
Macao playing its part, rolling out air quality improvement measures, including optimising and raising emission limits for exhaust gases from vehicles.
The air’s better, the MSAR’s using less water but generating much more construction waste; and this is still one of the most crowded cities in the world.
The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) expects more “poor air quality” days next year as the bureau will be using a stricter Air Quality Index (AQI) measurement.
The Environmental State Report 2016 released by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) shows that over 95 percent of the days last year were recorded with an air quality reading of “good” or “moderate” at a number of monitoring stations across the city last year, more than in 2015.
Macau’s air quality slightly worsened last year: fewer days when air quality was “good” were recorded at a number of monitoring stations across the city last year.
