Abstract—Environmental awareness is of growing concern in the state of Kuwait, especially after the recognition of Kuwait Environment Public Authority (KUEPA) as a separate entity with legal power back in year 2001. In this relation, the outdoor air quality data collected over the period of five years (2011-2014) were analyzed for twelve residential areas in the state of Kuwait which cover most of the country living territories. Data points were collected in two different time spans; monthly average data points and annual mean averages which were used to calculate the Year Average Common Air Quality Index (YACAQI) city background sites for the following pollutants: SO
2, NO
2, PM10 & Benzene in order to compare Kuwait outdoor air quality in compare to the European norms using the air quality index (AQI) in a unit-less to identify how polluted the air was and deviation severity. The results indicate that the YACAQI for NO
2 and PM10 are above the European standard to all the studied area, where the as for SO
2 level were found to be below YACAQI except for three locations which are Al-Shuaiba industrial area, Al-Feheheel & Al-Salam residential areas.
Index Terms—KUEPA, YACAQI, AQI, SO
2, NO
2, PM10, Benzene.
Ayed A. Al-Fadhli is with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, P. O. Box 26565, 13126, Safat, Kuwait (e-mail: ayf@kpc.com.kw).
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Cite: Ayed A. Al-Fadhli, "Ambient Air Quality Assessment of Twelve Inhabited Areas in the State of Kuwait between Years 2011-2014," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 340-343, 2017.
