Maricopa County Air Quality Control Department placed a mobile air quality monitoring station in Fountain Park on Tuesday, July 26.

The agency routinely conducts air quality tests in cooperation with the EPA. The air quality monitoring station consists of a mobile trailer that was parked in the Panorama Drive parking lot adjacent to Fountain Park for a period of twenty-four hours.

The placement of the monitoring station is in response to a citizen complaint about Fountain Lake odor that was received by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) earlier in July. The town anticipates that Maricopa County Air Quality Control Department will complete its monitoring of air quality by Wednesday of this week.

The Town Council will be holding a meeting on the topic of Fountain Lake water at a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Town staff and experts contracted by the town will present a number of findings and recommendations to improve the water quality which in turn will address seasonal odors from the lake.

Staff anticipates that the air quality report from Maricopa County Air Quality Control Department will be available for review and discussion at the council workshop.