TCEQ has installed a new continuous air monitoring station in the Manchester community of Houston to provide more data on volatile organic compounds to those living near the Houston Ship Channel.
The new monitoring station has an automated gas chromatograph to provide continuous volatile organic compound measurements to the residents of the community. The new monitoring station, located at Manchester East Avenue N, is one block closer to the Houston Ship Channel and Houston’s petrochemical industry than the previous air monitoring station.
In addition to the Manchester station, TCEQ has deployed new automated gas chromatographs in Channelview (at 15913 Channelview Drive) and will be deploying another in Pasadena at the Richey Elementary School. The air monitoring station began operation and uploading data to TCEQ’s website on Nov. 10.