Since May, conversations like this have frequently appeared in the “Hongdong County Air Quality Dispatch Work Group”:
“Environmental Protection Bureau’s Lu Gang: The wind is blowing northwest, and there is a rising trend in PM10 levels. Please have the construction department inspect the pollution sources at the upwind construction sites.“
“Construction Bureau’s Han Jianfeng: @Environmental Protection Bureau Lu Gang, received, will arrange immediately.“
“Construction Bureau’s Han Jianfeng: Inspection personnel are in place and are currently conducting inspections and rectifications.”
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To promote the continuous improvement of air quality, Hongdong County established the Hongdong County Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring Command and Dispatch Center in May this year. The dispatch center is led by the Ecological Environment Bureau, with the County Construction Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Market Supervision Administration, and other relevant functional departments cooperating to monitor in real time, dispatch in real time, enforce joint law, and conduct all-weather inspections. With everyone’s joint efforts, various pollution indices have continuously declined, showing significant results.“Inspection, analysis, and dispatch rectification are the core tasks of the dispatch center,” said Lu Gang, captain of the Dahuai Tree Team of the Hongdong Branch of the Linfen Ecological Environment Bureau, to reporters on the afternoon of September 25. “Since the establishment of the dispatch center, nearly 2,000 dispatch orders have been issued, over 2,000 water trucks have been deployed, more than 500 inspection vehicles have been dispatched, and nearly 3,000 law enforcement personnel have participated. Nearly 4,000 diesel trucks that did not meet emission standards have been sent back, and all identified issues have been rectified. Various pollution indicators have effectively decreased during the dispatch period.”Entering the Hongdong County Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring Command and Dispatch Center, the walls are adorned with battle maps for improving air quality in Hongdong County, battle maps for improving air quality in built-up areas, and sources, causes, and industries of six pollutants. For the dispatch center staff, the computer is the front line, and the network is the battlefield. Here, the six air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO3, CO, O3) serve as a barometer, refreshing every hour without fail. Any changes trigger immediate action from analysts, dispatchers, and inspectors, who swiftly mobilize to eliminate pollution sources.Since the establishment of the dispatch center, Zhang Hongming has been assigned to the analysis and assessment group. He showed reporters the analysis and assessment situation for the day: at 18:00 on September 25, the wind was blowing southwest at level 1, with AQI data at 63; the primary pollutant PM10 data at 76; PM2.5 data at 38; SO2 data at 18. Please have the Construction Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Highway Section, and Forestry Bureau conduct dust suppression operations on the Taolin Line, Binhai Road, Feihong West Street, Guhua Road, Jiannan Road, and the Fenhe West Dam dirt road sections…Every hour, within 2 minutes, the meteorological bureau’s wind direction indicators are sent on time, and pollution index analysis and assessment are completed within 15 minutes; within 20 minutes, dispatch orders are sent to the dispatch work WeChat group, and relevant units reply and arrange immediately within 2 minutes. Analysis is conducted every hour, and dispatch is made every hour. Joint law enforcement teams from member units arrive in the county area within 5 minutes, and those from slightly farther regions gather within 15 minutes. The inspection situation is then sent to the WeChat work group, forming a closed loop of dispatch through monitoring data, collective assessment, real-time dispatch, precise inspection, and feedback on results.Monitoring and analysis never stop, and dispatch inspections are conducted around the clock. They turn solitude into sweetness, continuously analyzing and assessing. They turn difficulties into light-hearted conversations, tirelessly inspecting day and night, writing their dedication through action.（Source: Linfen Environmental Protection Release）