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Air Incidents

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Air quality incidents reported to Environment Canterbury’s Pollution Hotline most commonly relate to agricultural or industrial odour as well as smoke from domestic and outdoor fires.  However, air quality incidents reported also relate to a wide range of other issues such as dust from construction sites or quarries, particulates from abrasive blasting, and other emissions from industrial premises.


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Nearly seventy-five percent of the complaints received by the pollution hotline this month were related to air quality (704 complaints). Christchurch City had a large number of complaints (360 complaints) and this is due to the use of log burners, and an increased number of outside fire and odour complaints.

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