Website Provides Localized Air Quality Information

Are you concerned about air quality--particularly during the summer months, when activities often take place outside?

If you are, a new website could help provide you with important and timely information about the quality of the air in the Saucon Valley and beyond.

The Air Quality Partnership of Lehigh Valley-Berks is the organization behind the website: www.airqualityaction.org.

"The Air Quality Partnership of Lehigh Valley-Berks is a public/private coalition of volunteers dedicated to improving air quality in Lehigh, Northampton, and Berks counties," according to information posted on the site.

Goals of the organization include providing forecasts and alerts on days when air pollution is predicted to be high (known as "Air Quality Action Days") and encouraging voluntary actions that will help reduce emissions, such as ride-sharing.

Information about a contest called the "Share The Ride Challenge," which encourages local residents to forego using their cars during peak ozone season (May 1 through Sept. 30), is available online at www.sharetheridechallenge.org.

Visitors to the Air Quality Partnership site can also sign up for an e-newsletter and/or air quality forecast alerts.

The partnership's Facebook page offers Internet users another way to connect.