When you’re looking to find more information on the air you breathe here in Maricopa County, we offer the following air quality resources available to you:
CleanAirMakeMore.com: visit our educational website to learn more about the pollutants that plague our air and what you can do to help out. We can send you text and email messages when a health watch or high pollution advisory is issued. When you are aware of the air quality, you can take action to reduce your exposure and reduce your pollution contribution.
Air Quality Forecast: our partners with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality publish a daily air quality forecast every Sunday through Friday by 1:00pm for the Maricopa County area. In this forecast, you will see the health message for the forecast day, read the air quality synopsis and view the Air Quality Index [AQI] ratings for our most prominent pollutants in the Maricopa County area. The forecast is available online at
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/ozone/ensemble.pdf.
Air Quality Widget: download our informative Clean Air Make More Desktop Widget and view the current air quality forecast and restrictions. Find our step-by-step download instructions on our Clean Air Make More website here.
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Sign up for Rapid Response notifications at http://www.maricopa.gov/aq/news/RapidResponseNotification.aspx. When dust pollution levels begin to rise, the Maricopa County Air Quality Department will send you a message notifying you of where the pollution hot spot is and what steps you will need to do to help prevent an exceedance of the health standard.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our department through one of the following channels:
Main line: 602-506-6010
Media: 602-506-6713
Report an air quality problem: 602-372-2703
Burn Day Status: 602-506-6400
Additional department contacts: http://www.maricopa.gov/aq/contact_us/DepartmentContacts.aspx
About Maricopa County Air Quality Department
The Maricopa County Air Quality Department is a regulatory agency whose goal is to ensure federal clean air standards are achieved and maintained for the residents and visitors of Maricopa County. The department is governed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and follows air quality standards set forth by the federal Clean Air Act.
The department offers air quality information and resources on its Clean Air Make More website. Visit www.CleanAirMakeMore.com to learn more.