Salt Lake City ranked two spots better this year for ozone pollution, moving from the eighth-worst city in the U.S. to the 10th.
The Salt Lake City metropolitan area this year reached its “lowest ever” measurement for short-term particle pollution, the report states. But it still ranks within the top 25 worst cities for such pollution nationally, claiming the 20th-worst rank, better than the 17th-worst rank it held in last year’s report.
over the Salt Lake Valley during inversion events. It usually comes from transportation emissions or stationary sources, like woodburning and home heating, according to the Department of Environmental Quality. Those pollutants are usually emitted from power plants, motor vehicles and other sources of high-heat combustion, according to the report.The Logan area experienced a more significant improvement in short-term particle pollution, moving from 7th-worst to 18th-worst in terms of the nation’s most polluted cities. Logan also saw fewer unhealthy days, where levels of particle pollution spiked.
Of the 14 Utah counties included in the report, Davis, Duchesne, Salt Lake, Uintah, Utah and Weber counties all received an “F” grade for high ozone days.
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