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Gunter plans community air-monitoring system after TCEQ settlement; calibration to continue
Summary
Following a settlement that redirected a $22,000 TCEQ penalty into a local project, volunteers and staff described a commercially monitored air-quality unit that will stream data to a public SharedAir site; calibration is expected to last about six months and the city hopes to add remotes in the future.
Volunteers and staff described a newly funded air-quality monitor that the city will host after choosing an option to invest the amount equivalent to a TCEQ administrative penalty into an environmental monitoring project rather than pay the fine. The monitor will stream data to a web platform called SharedAir so residents can view near-real-time measurements, and the city plans to purchase remote sensors that can feed data into the central unit to track dust and truck-traffic patterns.
Organizers said the monitor is undergoing calibration and will require roughly six more months of validation before remote units are added. The monitor was described as the initial 'mother ship' unit; volunteers said future remotes would allow the community to see where dust and truck traffic originate and better understand short-term air-quality fluctuations.
