Iran’s air pollution monitoring of industrial units up 26% in Q1
There has been a notable 26% increase in air pollution monitoring of industrial, mining, production, and service units in Iran in the first three months of this year in the Iranian calendar (March 20 to June 20), compared to the same period last year.
This was announced by Ahmad Taheri, the director of the comprehensive monitoring office of Iran’s Department of Environment, ILNA wrote.
Taheri stated that one of the monitored parameters is emissions from fixed sources (stacks). In this regard, approximately 4,216 stack emissions were monitored during the spring of last year, and this number has increased to 5,301 in the same period this year, indicating a 26% growth in stack emissions monitoring.
Furthermore, according to data extracted from the country’s comprehensive environmental database, 5,517 parameters of wastewater from industrial, service, and hospital units were monitored by environmental experts and through self-declaration by accredited laboratories during the previous spring. This number has increased to 5,858 parameters this spring, showing a 2.6% growth.
In addition, there has been a 6.5% increase in noise pollution monitoring, with 2,359 cases recorded this spring compared to the previous year.
Taheri also mentioned that the provinces of Tehran, Razavi Khorasan, and Alborz have the highest number of registered centers in the system, while Qom, Kermanshah, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad have shown the most growth despite challenges with equipment, resources, and allocated credits.