State Water Survey Division
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This report documents results of a 10-month first phase of a study to characterize urban and rural particulate matter. The three main purposes of the study are 1) to assess the effects of street sweeping on urban air quality, 2) to measure and compare total and inhalable mass concentrations in a rural area, and 3) to determine the sources of urban and rural particulate matter and their relative contributions to total airborne mass, in and near Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
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