AIR QUALITY MONITORING

Figure 1: Map showing the communities this study will be based in and comparison of EPA’s EJ screen indexes with other communities in the region.

About CLEANAIR

MyRWA was funded by the EPA to pursue a three-year air quality study: Community-led Improvement of Air Quality and Health in the Lower Mystic (CLEANAIR). We will monitor air quality at community-identified locations in Everett, Malden, Charlestown, and East Boston; some of the most burdened communities by transportation-related air pollution and disease in Massachusetts (Figure 1 - right).

Goals

Provide actionable data and information to increase community awareness about air quality
Inform decision-making around transportation infrastructure
Reduce exposures to harmful transportation-related particulate air pollutants including PM10, PM2.5, and ultrafine particles.

Project Components

There are two aspects of the study that will run at the same time. These monitoring programs will follow a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), which can be viewed here.

Lower Mystic Network (LMN):
- A local long-term monitoring network that will run for the three years
- Stationary monitors will be deployed to measure PM10, PM 2.5, in all four communities in spring 2024.

Lower Mystic Community Projects (LMCP):
- A a short-term, community-scale monitoring project
- The LMCP work will be guided by a 12-member Community Advisory Board (CAB) and include extensive surveying and outreach to build capacity among residents who have been disproportionately impacted by poor air quality.
- Mobil monitoring will be conducted at up to 7 locations (all 7 with PM10, PM2.5 and 3 of 7 with ultrafine particle number concentration measurements)
- The location of these stations will be selected through extensive engagement with the Community Advisory Board (CAB) and additional engagement with the community

Get Involved

Community Survey

We are looking for community input to help improve our understanding of perceptions of transportation related air quality and learn about specific sites of concern such as schools, residential and recreation areas near high traffic roadways. Please fill out the survey below to share your thoughts (<5 minutes). At the end of the survey, you can opt into a drawing for a gift card!

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Project Team

Karina Ramos, Mystic River Watershed Association (karina.ramos@mysticriver.org)

Patrick Herron, Mystic River Watershed Association (patrick.herron@mysticriver.org)

Daria Clark, Mystic River Watershed Association (daria.clark@mysticriver.org)

Marissa Zampino, Mystic River Watershed Association (marissa.zampino@mysticriver.org)

Jennifer Delgado, Mystic River Watershed Association, (jennifer.delgado@mysticriver.org)

Neelakshi Hudda, Tufts University (neelakshi.hudda@tufts.edu)

John Durant, Environmental Monitoring Partners & Tufts University (john.durant@tufts.edu)

Greer Hamilton, University of Michigan (greerham@umich.edu)

Adrianna Spindle-Jackson, Boston University (aspindle@bu.edu)

Renee Cammarata Hamilton, Cambridge Health Alliance (rcammaratahamilton@challiance.org)

Laura McNulty, Cambridge Health Alliance (lmcnulty@challiance.org)

Kate Jenkins-Sullivan, City of Everett (katherine.jenkins-sullivan@ci.everett.ma.us)

Nicole Fina, Everett Community Growers (nfina@everettcommunitygrowers.org)

Chris Marchi, Airport Impact Relief, Incorporated (AIR, Inc.) (cbmarchi@gmail.com)

Wig Zamore, STEP and MVTF, MCAC and TROC (wigzamore@gmail.com)