Air Quality in the Capital Region
The Capital Regional District (CRD) participated in air quality monitoring from 1996 to 2009 to evaluate the impacts of solid waste burning through partnerships with a number of groups. The CRD belonged to the Air Quality Working Group, which consisted of staff from the BC Ministry of Environment, BC Ministry of Health, Environment Canada, Vancouver Island Health Authority, University of Victoria and Royal Roads University. The CRD contribution to the network was funded by the Environmental Resource Management (ERM) division (formerly Solid Waste). The main functions provided by the CRD were the support of regional air quality monitoring stations and annual reporting, including trend analysis.
Due to changes in many municipal burning bylaws to ban open burning and with the closure of a commercial demolition and construction debris air curtain burner in 2009, air quality monitoring is no longer a priority of the ERM division. Therefore, the CRD has withdrawn from the partnership for air quality monitoring.
Air Quality Working Group (AQWG)
An expert group was formed to assist with development of the Air Quality program. The AQWG included representatives from various government departments and institutions. Read more 
Air Quality Reports
The Capital Regional District reported annually on the air quality data from 2000 to 2009.
Annual Reports
- 2000 (PDF
) - 2001 (PDF )
- 2002 (PDF )
- 2003 (PDF )
- 2004 (PDF )
- 2005 (with addendum) (PDF )
- 2006 (PDF )
- 2007 (PDF )
- 2008 (PDF )
- 2009 (PDF ) new