Using Technology to Protect the Environment
The Department is continuously looking for innovative ways to
protect, conserve and manage Florida's natural resources and
enforce the State's environmental laws.
New technology is always becoming available and utilized to
protect the environment. In the late 1990’s Continuous Emission
Monitors and a data reporting system that would continually
report real time data of emissions and production rates to the
Department’s Northeast District Office was installed at the
Suwannee American Cement Plant, located near Branford Florida.
This technology allowed the Department to quickly identify
problems in real time. The result is that the problems were
identified and corrected quickly. For the past four years the
facility has been in compliance with State and Federal
Requirements.
We also have an Air Quality web site available that maps and
reports ozone and particle pollution levels recorded by the
state’s
ambient air monitoring network. |
