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*TorranceAir is looking for volunteers to host a PurpleAir sensor! *
Monitor air quality in your neighborhood and share your results with the community! Find out more information about PurpleAir Sensors and how you can become a volunteer!
The South Coast air Quality Management District is sponsoring a project to monitor air quality in Torrance from 2019 through 2021.
What is being monitored? 
- Criteria Pollutants
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- Carcinogenic Air Pollutants
- Non-Carcinogenic Air Toxins, including HF
- Other Pollutants
How do I access the data?
Visit www.TorranceAir.org to view the up-to-date readings from the monitors.
The data collected will also inform Torrance's public emergency response systems operated by the City of Torrance.
Torrance Air launched Thursday, October 31st with data collected from North High School and Elm Avenue monitoring sites.
Torrance Refinery's complete fenceline monitoring system is available as required by South Coast AQMD Rule 1180.
- North Torrance High School
- West Torrance High School
- 1001 Elm Avenue
- Guenser Park (Site Subject to Approval)
The image to the right includes four Torrance Air Monitoring locations as well as Fenceline Monitors that border the north of the Torrance Refinery, and possible locations for smaller sensors.
About the Monitors
Torrance Air will utilize readings from three types of monitors : Fenceline Monitors, Community Monitors, and Small Sensors.
Fenceline Monitors
The Fenceline Monitors use varying frequencies of light to measure the average concentration of pollutants along a path of about 500 meters. They will be located along the north edge of the Torrance Refinery and will be providing new data every five minutes. View the Fenceline Monitors at: https://torc.data.spectrumenvsoln.com/data
Community Monitors
The Community Monitors will use point analyzers t measure the concentration of pollutants at one point in space. These monitors will be located at two schools, a City park, and a City property on Elm Avenue.
Small Sensors
These sensors will use low-costing small laser particle counters to measure the concentration of particulate matter at one point in space. These sensors will be dispersed throughout the City of Torrance.
Who is Managing These Monitors?
The Torrance Air Monitoring network is being managed by Sonoma Technology, a team of scientists with more than 35 years of experience in the field of air monitoring and data analysis. This project is being implemented at the direction of the South Coast Air Quality District (RFP #P2017-06).