WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

HOW YOU CAN REPORT BAD AIR:

AIR QUALITY SURVEY

Reporting bad air quality is an important step to helping cleaning the air for our communities. Reporting questionable air quality and smells is simple and easy to do. Simply click the link below and fill out the short form. This reporting provides environmental practitioners important data that can be used to help keep manufacturing plants and other pollutants accountable to keeping the air safe and clean to breathe.

AIR AWARENESS ALERTS

The Houston Health Department is lessening the burden asthma places on the lives of about 364,000 Houstonians through a new alert system. AlertHouston now includes Houston Asthma Air Aware Day alerts.

Houston Asthma Air Aware Day alerts informs community members when the outdoor air conditions match the conditions on days when Houstonians have experienced ambulance-treated asthma attacks related to air pollution. This valuable information allows Houstonians with asthma to take precautionary measures.

The Houston Health Department also posts the alerts on its website: houstonhealth.org and on Facebook and Twitter.

LANDFILLS NEAR FORT BEND HOUSTON:

BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL

Below is a collection of information about the ongoing story of the Blue Ridge Landfill that is affecting the Fort Bend Houston community. We’ve collected a series of articles and websites about Blue Ridge over the years.

• Pearland Neighbors Fed Up With Stinky Landfill
• Department of Justice Ruling
• Pollution Control Services: Solid/Hazardous Waste

Key Documents:

• Blue Ridge Nuisance Odor Breakdown (Oct/2017)
• Environmental Corrections Letter (Oct/2019)

Nouryon Surface Chemistry | website: https://www.nouryon.com

15200 Almeda Road; TX; 77053 Houston, TX

EPA Sensor Videos

The EPA has created public educational videos about air quality and how they are using data to make the air we breathe safe. These are great places to start in learning how to participate in environmental justice in your community.

AIR SENSOR: PSA