Benidorm installs a network of sensors to monitor air quality in the city

Benidorm has since last week a network of sensors to monitor the quality of the air that is breathed in the city. The installation of these sensors has been managed through the Visit Benidorm Foundation and has been carried out by the company Wiongo, in charge of developing the Wi-Fi network on the beaches.
The mayor, Toni Pérez, explained that "these measurement stations have been located on the masts where the devices that supply Wi-Fi technology to the beaches are located", and that the service includes installation, configuration, management and maintenance from the same.
Having this equipment allows obtaining geolocated data in real time and historical tables of various parameters such as suspended particles of less than 2.5 microns (PM 2.5), the level of ozone (O3), that of carbon monoxide ( CO) or the Air Quality Index (AQI). The latter includes indices such as the amount of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the air, that of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), that of benzene or lead, among others, and allows to know the degree of purity or atmospheric pollution and the effects for human health associated with such contamination.
The mayor highlighted that this new network of sensors "will allow us to know the quality of the air in Benidorm at all times and will help us make decisions when appropriate." Pérez stressed that this action is part of the measures of "sustainability and care for the environment in our fight against climate change."
In this sense, Benidorm is one of the few cities in Spain whose levels are below the limits recommended by the WHO regarding the presence of NO2.
Thus, according to the data collected by the measurement station of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition, Benidorm has registered an average of 6.21 micrograms of NO2 / m3 during the first seven months of the year, an index much lower than the 10 micrograms established by the WHO.
In none of the months from January to July was an average higher than the parameters recommended by the WHO. In January the index was 6.87 micrograms / m3, in February 6.92, in March 5.22, in April 5.13, in May 5.64, in June 5.66 and in July of 8.03. "This government team takes these issues very seriously and the data confirms that we are on the right way," said Toni Pérez, who also recalled that there are "several studies that clearly link the increase in hospital admissions with poor air quality".