Taiyuan heating period serious air pollution more than 70 companies stop limiting

Although this year's two-day task has been completed, but in December 19 to 26, Taiyuan City again eight consecutive three levels of pollution days, let the provincial capital of the public feel heavy. In order to curb pollution continuing deterioration of the situation, the municipal environmental protection Bureau on 12/27/00 convening an emergency meeting to decide from 2010 on 31 March, in a period of 100 days of "storming the winter air pollution action 100 days."

Heating period the rebound since serious air pollution

This year, Taiyuan push for change, implement the "sky water project", to the end of October, the second level above days reached 274 days, with the same period last year an unbiased, comprehensive pollution index over the same period last year dropped 1.96%. But after entering the heating period, urban air pollution is a serious reaction.

Monitoring data show that from 1 November to December 21, the urban environment, air 2 days above only 20 days. Compared to the same period last year, the number of days to reduce the 5 day II, respirable particulate matter concentration values rise 53.3% 17.4%, sulfur dioxide, comprehensive API 34.7% rise.

The increase in pollutant and haze visibility to non-weather

According to the municipal environmental protection Bureau Deputy Director Liu Fu, natural elements, industrial layout and structure, coal, building site construction dust, etc., are the cause of the deterioration of air quality, but the main reason is this year's special climate conditions.

According to statistics, 1 November-14 December, Taiyuan foggy weather reached 32 days, than the same period last year increased in 23 days. "Misty, calm weather directly lead to increased air pollution in winter. "Liu Fu, November 3-8 October, the city is affected by the impact of the local circulation, meteorological manifested as wind speed is small, the inversion layer thickness, inversion high strength, air, air humidity, unfavourable meteorological factors enable the rapid accumulation of pollutants emissions to form haze, urban respirable particulate matter, sulphur dioxide concentration values consist of 2 November 0.038/m³ and 0.059 mg/m³, rapidly rising to 8 November 0.396/m³ and 0.259 mg/m³. November 9-12 October, the city's big snowstorm, after due to ground snow reflectance and direct solar radiation, reducing the effective radiation surface, causing the average temperature in January is relatively low, as fog created favorable conditions. Monitoring data show that from 12 to 14 December, the city has a total of 22 foggy weather, over the same period last year an increase of 21 days, respirable particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide concentration values rose by 64.7%, 24.0%, 200%.

More than 70 companies will be discontinued limiting

To stop the continuing deterioration of air quality, municipal environmental protection Bureau urgently develop and launch the storming the winter atmospheric pollution, the implementation of action programme.

Programme requirements over the next 100 days, environmental departments will seriously affect air quality of the industrial enterprises or part of the production facilities to implement discontinued or limiting, involving more than 70 companies. According to Taiyuan City Environmental Protection Bureau Secretary Chen Chi-introduction, on so many enterprises to stop limiting in Taiyuan environmental protection is the first time in history.

At the same time, the programme also require staff to implement partitioning set for boiler rooms, responsibility to people, and on the coal pollution control facilities (including desulfurization dust collection unit, together with the base unit, coal yard, ash closed measures, etc.) to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the coal-fired facilities, fuel sampling, where coal sampling an unqualified limit 3 days rectification, non-heating facilities improvement after the unqualified ordered closed down.

According to reports, the hundred-day operation, municipal environmental protection Bureau will set up seven Inspection Unit, on the city's industrial enterprises and coal for a comprehensive investigation. Check, once found unlawful acts, according to discharge high limit punishment; offence found twice, will be closed down.