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Environmental monitoring

Meaning in environment & climate, with examples

/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentəl ˈmɑːnɪtərɪŋ/nounCommon term

In environment & climate, environmental monitoring means: The regular measurement and recording of environmental conditions, such as air and water quality, noise or wildlife, to check compliance and detect changes over time.

In Turkish: çevresel izleme

How it is used

Required by environmental permits and EIA decisions. Facilities carry out continuous monitoring, for example with a continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) on a stack, or periodic sampling, and submit monitoring reports to the authority. Results are compared with limit values and with the baseline.

Example sentences

  1. Environmental monitoring around the mine includes monthly groundwater sampling.

  2. The environmental monitoring data showed noise levels above the night-time limit.

Common collocations

  • environmental monitoring program
  • continuous monitoring
  • monitoring report
  • sampling points
  • monitoring data
  • baselineThe starting conditions or measurements against which later changes are compared, such as the state of the environment before a project or a company's emissions in a base year.
  • environmental permitAn official authorization that allows a facility to carry out activities that could affect the environment, such as emissions to air or discharges to water, under set conditions.
  • air qualityHow clean or polluted the air is, measured by the levels of pollutants such as fine particles, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulfur dioxide.
  • environmental auditA systematic check of how well a facility or organization complies with environmental laws, permits and its own management system, and of how it manages its impacts.
  • environmental impact assessment (EIA)A formal study of the likely effects of a planned project, such as a mine, motorway or power plant, on the environment and local people before a decision is made to approve it.

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