The city of Madison will use nearly a third of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funds allocated to the state to install a citywide air quality monitoring system. In total, Wisconsin will receive almost $1.5 million from the EPA to monitor air quality in communities that are vulnerable to air pollution, according to a release from the agency. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the city of Madison, and the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin will split the funding. Madison will use $429,746 in funding to install a citywide network of air quality sensors to provide real-time, ground-level, publicly accessible information on particulate matter pollution at the neighborhood scale to identify areas experiencing the greatest levels of air pollution. The DNR hopes to find pollution hotspots that can be improved upon. The EPA said it will funnel more than $50 million into expanding air monitoring nationally to fund 132 projects proposed across the country. About $20 million will come from the 2021 American Rescue Plan, and another $32 million was allocated by the Inflation Reduction Act passed in August.
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