Analysis the air quality in the area of terminal regional daya in the city of Makassar

Abstract

The terminal is a transportation road for the purposes of ride-relegated passengers, the displacement intra or inters wheels transportation as well as maintains of arrivals and departures a public transport. Terminal as a public infrastructure must be free from the air pollution. Terminal Regional Daya Makassar, located at PerintisKemerdekaan KM.15 of road, city of Makassar is considered in this study for measure the quality of the air by taken 10 locations in the area of Terminal Daya. The measured parameters are Sulphur Dioxide (SO 2 ), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO 2 ) and Carbon Monoxide (CO 2 ). The measurement is conducted for ten days for one day one location. The obtained results indicate the air quality of some location still far below the standard quality ambient air in government regulation No.40 years of 1999, Indonesia. The pollution mapping result from ArcGIS application shows that SO 2 and NO 2 parameters in the dominant green colour (Good) and CO is blue, yellow and red colour (unhealthy).