The city authorities plan to improve air quality monitoring, in connection with which three new stationary posts will be installed by the end of the year.. The corresponding agreement was signed by the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Kiev City State Administration (KSCA) with LLC " Contract price - UAH 34.84 million.

In particular, a meteorological station and systems for sampling ambient air and for determining the content of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, ozone and suspended particles in the ambient air should be installed at each post.. Also, each post must be equipped with an air conditioning, ventilation, grounding, warning and remote control system..

Such posts will appear on the avenue. Science, 72/2, st. Shchusev, 20 and ave.. Pravda, 64-G.

Today, the system for monitoring the state of atmospheric air in Kiev consists of 16 stationary observation posts of the Central Geophysical Observatory named after. Boris Sreznevsky and two monitoring posts of the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Kyiv City State Administration.

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Technical upgrade of the Hydrometeorological Service of Ukraine can reduce economic costs by 30-40% [/ see_also].

As reported, Kiev has one of the highest rates of air pollution in the world. The level of air pollution in the capital of Ukraine is characterized as "