Another weekend, another Ozone Alert.
The Evansville EPA has issued an Ozone Alert for Saturday, marking the third straight weekend that the agency has warned of potentially unhealthy air for children, the elderly, and persons with respiratory or heart conditions.
Thousands of people are expected on Evansville’s riverfront for Shriners Fest and in Owensboro for ROMP. Evansville EPA Director Jacob Keating has some advice for festival-goers: don't exert yourself, stay hydrated, and if you have asthsma, keep emergency medicine handy.
The city exceeded the stricter federal ozone standard on June 10th, 11th, and 13th, but Keating says the city has stayed within the standard since then.
He says it’s a tough standard to meet, in part because the feds reduced the ozone limit by five parts per billion without other action to reduce emissions.
Failing to meet the federal standard can lead to more restrictions on new business and industry.
