What is an Airshed?

Simply put, an airshed is an organization that acts as a forum for local stakeholders to design local solutions to address local air quality issues.

What is the ACAA?

The Alberta Capital Airshed Alliance, the airshed formed to serve the Capital Region area, is a forum where local government, institutions, industries and other interested parties, can work together to address air issues in their region. The ACAA, like Alberta's other airsheds, uses consensus to make decisions and operates as a non-profit society funded by members and government grants.

The three main drivers for airshed formation in the Capital Region area are:

• Health and Air Quality – public concern is rising over health issues related to air quality and there is a need for an accurate public information resource for health related air quality issues in the Capital Area.
• Management Plans – Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Canada-Wide Standards (CWS) for Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Ozone (O3) have been implemented, and are expected to be followed by standards for other pollutants. Management planning and stakeholder outreach are necessary to successfully achieve these objectives.
• Monitoring Plans – air quality monitoring that serves the whole of the region is required to provide easily accessible, high quality data to stakeholders and the public.

Details of the ACAA Business Plan can be found here.

Location

The ACAA boundaries roughly follow the boundaries of the Edmonton Census Metropolitain Area, and intersect with the borders of the West Central Airshed Society to the west, and with the Fort Air Partnership to the north-east. The boundaries are described as follows:

• East from Edmonton Along Hwy 16 to the eastern boundary of Strathcona County,
• South along Strathcona County Line to Leduc County, continuingsouth along Leduc County Line to its southern limit,
• West along Leduc County Line to Hwy 795 (WCAS Boundary),
• North along Hwy 795 to intersection of Hwy 39, continuing directly north of Hwy 39 to Hwy 627,
• West along Hwy 627 to intersection of Hwy 777,
• North to connect Hwy 777 and continued north to Northern Edge of Lac Ste. Anne County,
• East along County Line to Sturgeon County, then continuing east along Sturgeon County Line to northern extension of Edmonton 97th St. (Hwy 28) (FAP Boundary)
• South to Edmonton city limit
• Clockwise around city limit to Hwy 16 

 

 

What is an Airshed?

Simply put, an airshed is an organization that acts as a forum for local stakeholders to design local solutions to address local air quality issues.

What is the ACAA?

The Alberta Capital Airshed Alliance, the airshed formed to serve the Capital Region area, is a forum where local government, institutions, industries and other interested parties, can work together to address air issues in their region. The ACAA, like Alberta's other airsheds, uses consensus to make decisions and operates as a non-profit society funded by members and government grants.

The three main drivers for airshed formation in the Capital Region area are:

• Health and Air Quality – public concern is rising over health issues related to air quality and there is a need for an accurate public information resource for health related air quality issues in the Capital Area.
• Management Plans – Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Canada-Wide Standards (CWS) for Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Ozone (O3) have been implemented, and are expected to be followed by standards for other pollutants. Management planning and stakeholder outreach are necessary to successfully achieve these objectives.
• Monitoring Plans – air quality monitoring that serves the whole of the region is required to provide easily accessible, high quality data to stakeholders and the public.

Details of the ACAA Business Plan can be found here.

Location

The ACAA boundaries roughly follow the boundaries of the Edmonton Census Metropolitain Area, and intersect with the borders of the West Central Airshed Society to the west, and with the Fort Air Partnership to the north-east. The boundaries are described as follows:

• East from Edmonton Along Hwy 16 to the eastern boundary of Strathcona County,
• South along Strathcona County Line to Leduc County, continuingsouth along Leduc County Line to its southern limit,
• West along Leduc County Line to Hwy 795 (WCAS Boundary),
• North along Hwy 795 to intersection of Hwy 39, continuing directly north of Hwy 39 to Hwy 627,
• West along Hwy 627 to intersection of Hwy 777,
• North to connect Hwy 777 and continued north to Northern Edge of Lac Ste. Anne County,
• East along County Line to Sturgeon County, then continuing east along Sturgeon County Line to northern extension of Edmonton 97th St. (Hwy 28) (FAP Boundary)
• South to Edmonton city limit
• Clockwise around city limit to Hwy 16