South Africa-Air Quality Management in the Greater Johannesburg Area

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The South Africa Government recognizes that any future interventions need to be based on a thorough analysis of causes, extent and sources. South Africa DEFF has demonstrated competencies in several areas of AQM planning, but would benefit from targeted support in other areas where they are striving to achieve and maintain international good/best practice. The PMEH supports activities which will enable DEFF in the longer run to link progress in other areas of sustainable development (e.g. NDCs, climate finance, energy efficiency investments, etc.) to broader public health benefits and labor productivity. This will leave them in a better position to accomplish a comprehensive AQMP approach by 2021 and beyond. The following four themes of the PMEH engagement in South Africa will contribute to accomplishing the goal of a full-scale AQMP: (1) Enhance AQ monitoring networks in the Greater Johannesburg Area (GJA) (for future replication across Republic of South Africa) including the monitoring of GHG and SLCPs; (2) Enable source apportionment analysis and contribution assessment; (3) Establish capacity for receptor modeling and contribution assessment; (4) Enhance the capacity of Republic of South Africa to undertake AQM program planning. This specific RETF (complementing PMEH BETF in South Africa) will support procurement of the following Air Quality (AQ) monitoring equipment and services to support the development of updated AQM plans for the GJA (including Johannesburg, Tshwane, and Ekurhuleni regions): (a) AQ Monitoring equipment which will be necessary to repair/replace/upgrade routine measurements in DEFF’s GJA AQM network. These include additional ozone, fine particle and black carbon monitors as well as meteorological instruments, data loggers, data acquisition equipment and software; (b) Source Apportionment Monitoring Equipment and Supplies, including sequential samplers, filter cassettes and holders and other supplies as well as meteorological measurement equipment and flowmeters; and (3) Analytical instruments, calibration and other standards, associated laboratory equipment and other consumables and laboratory supplies.