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<br />Page 10│Kittitas County Air Quality Survey│9/30/2014 <br /> <br />General Knowledge of Air Quality Related Items <br />The secondary objectfve of this survey was to determine some baselines for the general knowledge <br />level of Kittitas County residents regarding PM2.5 pollutfon, current levels of air quality and clean <br />burning practfces. This informatfon will assist in educatfon program design because it allows for the <br />identfficatfon of gaps in the community’s understanding of the air quality issue. It will help to narrow <br />down which topics the educatfonal materials will focus on and what messages need to be clearer or <br />better communicated to the public. This data also assists with outreach by identffying the most <br />frequently utflized sources of public informatfon regarding air quality. <br />Understanding of PM 2.5 <br />Over half of Kittitas County survey respondents (55%) do not understand the meaning of the air <br />quality related phrase “PM 2.5” with an additfonal 39% reportfng that they understand somewhat. <br />The remaining 7% percent of respondents claim to understand the concept well enough to explain it <br />to others. <br /> <br /> <br />Sources of Air Quality Information <br />Almost half of Kittitas County respondents reported that they don’t know how to check current air <br />quality conditfons. The most popular ways to get informatfon on burn bans is the local newspaper <br />and word of mouth. Radio and internet are closely tfed for the second most popular sources of infor- <br />matfon. Respondents were given the optfon to write in an “other” category. Write-in answers were <br />evaluated for significant trends and included in the chart. <br /> <br />FIGURE 5: Residents’ Understanding of PM2.5