HomeMy WebLinkAboutIntroduction to the project March 2014The Health of Kittitas County
A profile of health, well-being, and quality of life in our community
To measure the physical environment’s impact on health, we examined environmental quality data in the
areas of air, water, and food safety. National data is not available for these measures.
Kittitas County had more unhealthy air days than Washington State overall. More of our streams have a
pollution control plan in place, and significantly fewer of our food establishments have significant
violations.
Physical Environment
Category Health Indicator Kittitas
County
Washington
State
United
States Target
0.4%
16.0%
Percent of routine food establishment
inspections with significant violations26,27 1.2%5.0%n/a 1.1%
17.8%52.7%n/a
Percent of days with unhealthy air quality23,24 1.9%0.4%n/aAir
Food Safety
Environmental
Quality
Water
Percent of stream sections with high levels of
fecal coliforms and without a pollution
control plan in place25
Washington State Department of Ecology: Air Quality. Real Time Air Monitoring Data. Available at:
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/enviwa/ Accessed June 7, 2012. 2011
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Air Data. Download Daily Data. Available at:
http://www.epa.gov/airdata/ad_data_daily.html Accessed October 26, 2012. 2011
*Ecology’s Burn Ban information
http://www.waburnbans.net/
*Washington Air Quality Advisory webpage
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/enviwa
*Communicating with local partners to
share weather advisories, air stagnation
alerts
*Local partners – Kittitas County Solid
Waste, Kittitas County Fire Marshall, Kittitas
Valley Fire and Rescue, HopeSource, Armstrong
Heating, Central Washington University, Kittitas
Valley Healthcare, City of Ellensburg, Kittitas
County Public Health Department
AIR QUALITY IN
KITTITAS COUNTY
Reduce negative
health outcomes
associated with
long term
exposure to poor
air quality
Change
behaviors
around burning
and take smoke
out of the air
Improve air
quality, prevent
nonattainment
SO THAT
SO THAT
SO THAT
SO THAT
Air quality
assessment &
research
Develop &
implement
effective
intervention
KCPHD MISSION:
PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH
AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE
PEOPLE OF KITTITAS COUNTY.