NOTIFICATION

The Government of Sindh with the approval of the Sindh Environmental Protection Council is
pleased to establish the following Sindh Environmental Quality Standards for Ambient Air to be
effective from 1st July, 2014. The following table shows the maximum allowable limits for
ambient air as per SEQS 2014 for ambient air notification no. EPA/226/ADMIN/2014

Ambient Air quality Standards

Time weight Concentration in

S# Pollutants Method of measurement
average Ambient Air

Annual Average* 80 µg/m3

1 Sulphur Dioxide(S02) Ultraviolet Fluorescence method
24 hours ** 120 µg/m3
Annual Average* 40 µg/m3
2 Oxides of Nitrogen as (NO) Gas Phase Chemiluminescence
24 hours** 40 µg/m3
Annual Average* 40 µg/m3
3 Oxides of Nitrogen as (N02) Gas Phase Chemiluminescence
24 hours** 80 µg/m3

1 hour 130 µg/m3 Non dispersive UV absorption

4 Ozone (O3)
method

Suspended Particulate Matter Annual Average* 360 µg/m3

5 High Volume Sampling (Average
(SPM) 24 hours ** 500 µg/m3 flow rate not less than 1.1 m3/
Annual Average* 120 µg/m3 minute)
Respirable Particulate Matter
6 β Ray absorption method
PM10
24 hours** 150 µg/m3
Annual Average* 40 µg/m3 ***
Respirable Particulate Matter
7 β Ray absorption method
PM2.5
24 hours ** 75 µg/m3
Annual Average* 1 µg/m3 ASS Method after sampling
8 Lead Pb using EPM 2000 or equivalent
24 hours** 1.5 µg/m3 filter paper
8 hours** 5 mg/m3
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Non Dispersive Infra-Red(NDIR)
9
method
1 hour 10 mg/m 3

*Annual arithmetic mean of minimum 104 measurements in a year taken twice a week,
24 hourly and at uniform interval.

**24 hourly/8 hourly values should be met 98% of a year, 2% of the time it may exceed but not on
two consecutive days.

***Annual Average limit of 40µg/m3 or background annual average concentration plus allowable
allowance of 9 µg/m3, whichever is low.