Air Quality and Smoke

What Do I Need to Know About Air Quality in Merritt?

The BC Ministry of Environment and Parks monitors air quality in BC and issues air quality warnings. A national network of Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) monitoring stations is used to forecast air quality health risk on a scale from 1 (low health risk) to 10+ (very high health risk).

Merritt is located in the Nicola Air Quality Region. The Nicola Air Quality Region does not have an AQHI monitoring station and consequently Merritt does not receive a local AQHI forecast. The AQHI monitoring station nearest Merritt is located in Kamloops.

Although Merritt does not receive an AQHI forecast, the BC Ministry of Environment and Parks may still issue air quality warnings for the Nicola Air Quality Region when air quality is expected to be impacted by wildfire smoke. Air quality warnings are posted on the

BC Air Quality Warnings website
.