Citizen Sense worked with local residents in northeastern Pennsylvania to develop a pollution monitoring kit. In total, 30 monitors and kits were distributed to residents. The monitoring period ran for over 7 months, until June 2015. These 5 data stories we have developed demonstrate the different patterns that have emerged from the data.
Bridgewater
Bridgewater N 56 is located in Susquehanna County, approximately 1 mile east of the small town of Montrose, Pennsylvania. The PM2.5 monitor was located on the porch of a residential property, set back approximately 30 feet (15 meters) from the tarmac road.
Brooklyn
The Brooklyn N 64_323 monitoring site is located in Susquehanna County, approximately 4 miles southeast of the small town of Montrose, Pennsylvania.
Dimock
Paul Karpich lives in Dimock Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, an area heavily populated with infrastructure from the unconventional natural-gas industry.
Mehoopany
Mehoopany 308 is located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. The PM2.5 monitor at Mehoopany 308 was situated on a covered porch at a residential location on the top of a hill.
Liberty
Liberty E 111 is located in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. John Hotvedt and Barabara Scott used the Citizen Sense Kit at this location to monitor their air quality for 7 months.
