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The authorities gave a positive balance of the Management of Critical Episodes (GEC) in the Metropolitan region, since this year he had the better air quality since there is registration.
During the GEC period, not only was there a decrease in the number of episodes by PM2.5 and PM10, there was also a lower concentration of pollutants and fewer hours in critical episodes.
This was announced by the Minister of the Environment, Carolina Schmidt, together with Mayor Felipe Guevar; the Superintendent of the Environment, Cristóbal de La Maza; and the Seremis of Environment, Health, Transportation and Agriculture, at the close of the Management of Critical Episodes of Air Quality this year.
According to the results presented by Minister Schmidt, the emission of pollutants from both transport and industry decreased sharply product of quarantines in the municipalities of the RM, unlike the use of firewood, which increased due to the greater number of hours of confinement in homes, added to the poor ventilation conditions and the cold of this GEC period.
“This 2020 has been the best year for the best Air Quality in the Metropolitan region, since we have a record, among the factors that explain this is the quarantine, which has meant a historical low in the levels and presence of polluting materials, where the greater decrease occurs in NOx with 45% less than in 2019, whose main source of emission is transportation ”he stated.
Regarding mobility in these months, the Ministry of Transport revealed a approximately 40% decrease in fines compared to last year, which coincides with the decrease in vehicle flows due to the pandemic.
Another measure that is carried out to reduce the levels of suspended material is the street washing and vacuuming program, carried out by the Regional Government of the RM, for an amount greater than one billion pesos.
“In the context of the pandemic that the country is experiencing, we added to this plan that covered 30 capital communes, resources for $ 49 million for the application of quaternary ammonium in these same territories, in a regional effort to improve the health security of the inhabitants of the region, ”said Felipe Guevara.
Regarding the audits, the work carried out to detect agricultural burns was highlighted, as well as the prohibition of the use of wood-burning heaters in the residential sector, as well as the inspections of the fixed sources of the industry on the days that Preemergency was declared. Environmental. In this sense, the Superintendency of the Environment indicated that there were a substantial increase in their coverage, which was more than eight times what was done in 2019, which is expected to improve further by 2021.
“As the Superintendency of the Environment, next year we will migrate to the remote inspection of the Decontamination Plan. This week we will sign a general instruction that establishes the obligation to electronically report compliance with the obligations of the industrial sector, which applies to more than 600 boilers, processes with and without combustion, among other emission sources, in order to move towards a new phase in pollution control that uses technology as the center of our tools, ”said Superintendent Cristóbal De La Maza.
Regarding the meteorological conditions that the Metropolitan region registered this year, it was indicated that it rained more than double than in 2019, so currently the region decreased its water deficit to 36%. “This improvement in rainfall was also a relevant factor in obtaining better records. But the call is to the community, to prefer less polluting means of transport and switch to sustainable heating systems, because it is up to us that these excellent statistics for 2020 can continue to be maintained in the future ”, said the Seremi of the Environment RM , Diego Riveaux.
All the authorities agreed that the good results are due to quarantines in communes of the Metropolitan region.
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