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City unveils public air-quality dashboard; staff plans automated hourly updates and mobile view
Summary
Environmental Services staff demonstrated a new City of Denton air-quality dashboard built from 12 local low-cost sensors and TCEQ data, and described plans to move from weekly manual uploads to an automated hourly API, add mobile support and analyze localized pollutant trends.
Caitlin Davis, conservation program coordinator in the City of Denton's Environmental Services and Sustainability Department, presented the city's new public air-quality dashboard to the Sustainability Framework Advisory Committee on Aug. 22 and outlined next steps to automate and expand public-facing information.
The dashboard displays readings from 12 city AQ mesh sensors plus the nearby Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) regulatory monitor and currently presents weekly averages of ozone and particulate matter along with an hourly log and map distribution.
Why it matters: The dashboard supplements regional monitoring with nearer-neighborhood data, offers residents local context for air-pollutant…
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