<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks John. The word "moderate" may be used for political reasons. We should find out what it means beyond numbers and whether the air quality index scheme is sufficient as an AQ measure -- if we can find a trustworthy expert. A Google search my help point us in the right direction.<div><br></div><div>Robert M</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div>On 15-Apr-10, at 9:58 AM, John Jackson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Last evening at the GREN meeting one of the proposals was that we request the papers throughout the watershed to publish a daily air quality index.<br> <br> The Toronto Star prints such an index with the weather every day. Today’s Toronto Star index shows that Kitchener and Guelph each have a rating today of 38 (which is considered moderate). It is important to note that this is the highest rating (i.e., worst air quality) of the cities that they reported on in the province. These included Hamilton (33), Toronto (32), and 6 other cities.<br> <br> John<br> <br> -- <br> John Jackson<br> 17 Major Street<br> Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<br> 519-744-7503<br> <br> </span></font> </div> _______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca">All@gren.ca</a><br>http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>