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Wycheproof

Farmland near Wagga Wagga. Credit: Rosie Nicolai/DPIE

About the station

Wycheproof

Wycheproof air quality monitoring station is located at the North Central Catchment Management Authority research site.

An estimated 1,901 people live within 25km of this monitoring site (2016 census).

Air quality monitoring region Riverina-Murray
Commissioned 2014
Latitude -36.0971
Longitude 143.355
Elevation 111 metres

Data collected

The following air pollutants are currently measured at Wycheproof:

  • Fine particles as PM10
  • Fine particles as PM2.5
  • Total Suspended Particles (TSP)

Instrument limitations – Most rural network stations use indicative monitors. While best efforts are made to ensure they respond similarly to standard-compliant instruments, care must be taken in interpreting the data compared with Air NEPM standards without additional information.