Table 4.5 - Examples of available data on local industrial air pollution problems in Europe
Source: NILU Notes: Measurement data from recent years. Information in brackets indicates the pollutant and the period over which the concentration was measured. Country Maximum concentration measured in µg/m3 Area, type of industry Eastern and Central Europe Bulgaria 2200 (SO2, 1 hr) Sofia, non-ferrous metals 485 (SO2, year) Asenovgrad 530 (PM, year) Dimitrovgrad, cement 870 (SO2, max month) Pirdup Zlatitza, non-ferrous metals Very high H2SO4 Pirdup Zlatitza 248 (NH3, max month) Devnia, chemical industry, power plants 290 (H2SO4, max month) Devnia, chemical industry, power plants Croatia 90 (SO2, year) Rijeka, petrochemicals refinery 381 (SO2, 24 hr) Zagreb, power plants (oil) 608 (PM, 24 hr) Zagreb, cement industry 817 (NH3, 24 hr) Zagreb, fertiliser Czech Republic 1500 (SO2, 24 hr) Sokolov, brown coal industry/power Hungary 94 (SO2, year) Dorog, chemical industry/mining 146 (SO2, winter) Tata, aluminium smelter Latvia 100 (PM, year) Daugavpils, chemical industry Poland 584 (SO2, year) Toru´n 477 (PM, year) Katowice, steel, coking, power plants 0.17 (BaP, year) Katowice, steel, coking, power plants Romania 285 (PM, year) Bucharest, non-ferrous metals, power plants, chemical industry 128 (SO2, year) Zlatna, aluminium smelter 3020 (SO2, max month) Zlatna, aluminium smelter 8130 (SO2, max 24 hr) Baia Mare, non-ferrous metals 70 (Pb, max 24 hr) Baia Mare, non-ferrous metals 280 (NH3, max 24 hr) Bacau, fertiliser, chemicals, petrochemicals, power plants 901 (HCl, max 24 hr) Bacau, fertiliser, chemicals, petrochemicals, power plants 1350 (SO2, max month) Copsa Mica, Sibin, non-ferrous metals Slovenia 1400 (SO2, 0.5 hr) Ljubljana, thermal power plants (coal), various small industries (plus domestic coal use) Southern Europe Greece 377 (SO2, 1 hr-98%ile) Thessaloniki Italy 168 (SO2, 1 hr-98%ile) Venice industrial zone 220 (PM, 1 hr-98%ile) Venice industrial zone Portugal 686 (SO2, 1 hr-98%ile) Barreiro-Seixal 466 (PM, 1 hr-98%ile) Barreiro-Seixal Spain 500 (SO2, 1 hr-98%ile) Cartagena, iron/steel, metallurgy 499 (PM, 1 hr-98%ile) Cartagena, power plants, chemical industry Western Europe Austria 780 (SO2, 0.5 hr) Lenzing, viscose, pulp/paper Belgium 2 000 (SO2, 30 min) Antwerp, oil refinery, power plants, chemical industry 1.6 (Pb, year) Hoboken, lead smelter France 955 (SO2, 1 hr-98%ile) Salsigne 150 (PM, 1 hr-98%ile) Le Havre, H2SO4, petrochemicals, oil refinery, metallurgy Germany 571 (SO2, annual av.) Merseburg 790 (SO2, 1 hr-98%ile) Klingental 2.4 (Pb, year) Brauback, lead smelter The Netherlands 6.3 (HF, 24 hr) Delfzijl, aluminium industry UK 122 (SO2, 24 hr-98%ile) Newry 418 (black smoke, 24 hr-98%ile) Sunderland 3.6 (Pb, year) Walsall, lead smelter Northern Europe Finland 630 (SO2, 1 hr-98%ile for max month) Harjavalta, copper smelter 0.040 (Cr, 24 hr) Tornio, FeCr smelter Norway 500 (SO2, 1 hr) Ålvik, ferroalloy 4 (PAH, 24 hr) Årdal, aluminium industry