Air Quality Awareness Week, May 6 -10, 2024

Air Quality Awareness Week, May 6-10, 2024 - Theme: Knowing Your Air

A wildfire and text giving advice on preparing for wildland fires and smoke.

Air Quality: Wildlands Fire & Smoke

Child using an inhaler with spacer, educational message on asthma and air pollution, website link for more info.

Air Quality: Asthma & Your Health

Environmental sign with a QR code, urging actions to reduce climate change impact on air quality.

Air Quality & Climate

Silhouette of two adults playing with a child against a sunset sky, plus text about the Community Air Protection Program.

Air Quality & Environmental Justice

Illustration with cartoon animals and plants promoting air quality awareness.

Air, Animals and Plants

May 6 – 10, 2024, is Air Quality Awareness Week. This year’s theme is “Knowing Your Air”. The most common air pollutants in our region, ozone, sometimes called smog, and particle pollution, pose health risks for many residents each year. Each day during the week a news release and a social media post will feature a topic for you to learn more about air quality. Read the Press Release

AQAW 2024 Daily Topics and Press Releases

Mon., May 6, 2024 Air Quality – Wildland Fires & Smoke

Tues., May 7, 2024 Air Quality - Asthma & Your Health

Wed., May 8, 2024 Air Quality & Climate

Thur., May 9, 2024 Air Quality & Environmental Justice

Fri., May 10, 2024 Air, Animals and Plants

Website Accessibility Policy

Monterey Bay Air Resources District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Monterey Bay Air Resources District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

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Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Monterey Bay Air Resources District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Monterey Bay Air Resources District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (831) 647-9411.

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We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.