What is the Alberta Capital Airshed Alliance?

The ACAA is a non-profit society funded by its members. The society is a partnership of industry, provincial and municipal governments, and other interest groups and individuals. We work together to protect and improve air quality in the Capital Region for our current residents and visitors, as well as for future generations. We are an open and transparent forum for developing air quality management plans that make sense for the Capital Region.

 Why a Capital Region Airshed?

There are three main reasons that drive airshed participation in the Capital Region:

• Health and Air Quality – public concern is rising over health issues related to air quality. The ACAA is working to provide an accurate, reliable, public information resource for health related air quality issues in the Capital Area. This is one of the five goals of the ACAA as outlined in our 2009-2011 business plan.

• Management Plans – province-wide policies exist that govern a variety of aspects of air quality, but Alberta is a large province with different issues from region to region. Regionally specific management plans allow all areas of the province to meet the same environmental standards while recognizing regionaly specific realities. The ACAA works bring together key participants from government, industry and non-government groups in order to build and implement regional air management plans that work.

• Monitoring Plans – air quality monitoring provides the most usefull information when it's planed on a regional scale. It also provides thebest value when it is of consistently high quality and is easily accessible to the public. The ACAA is working to achieve a fully transparent, regional air quality monitoring network.

Alberta Capital Airshed Business Plan

The Alberta Capital Airshed Alliance has approved a three year business plan, the ACAA Business Plan Summary describes our vision, mission, goals, guiding principles and operating principles. The complete ACAA Business Plan (2009 to 2011) includes additional specific information on our high-level goals, and the objectives and tactics we believe will help us achieve those goals.

Where is ACAA?

The ACAA follows the Edmonton CMA boundary and meets the WCAS and FAP boudaries to the west and east. The ACAA are includes the City of Edmonton, St. Albert, Stony Plain, Leduc and Sherwood Park. For a list of current ACAA members please visit our Members page.

The specific description of the ACAA boundaries can be found in our bylaws.

ACAA Bylaws

The ACAA bylaws were reviewed and updated in 2009. Download the current bylaws here.