Clean Air Make More Mobile App

About the Program

Category: Civic Education and Public Information (Best in Category)

Year: 2014

Recognizing that many Maricopa County residents typically spend more time on their smartphones and tablets than any other device (according to a 2012 Google study ), the Maricopa County Air Quality Department developed its Clean Air Make More mobile application to provide a resource where citizens can readily access real-time information about the air they breathe and make informed decisions for their daily activities. The Air Quality Department launched the Clean Air Make More app on September 12, 2012. This free app, which is the first to be developed for Maricopa County, provides three days of air quality forecast information including high pollution advisories or health watches, air quality health index levels and definitions, local weather reports (new in Fall 2013) and air quality restrictions in effect each day. The app also includes an interactive 'Report a Violation' feature that enables users to submit air quality violations and photos from their smartphones or tablet devices; this method allows the Air Quality Department to respond quickly to mitigate activities that negatively impact ambient air quality. The Air Quality Department set a goal of 2,500 app downloads within its first year. However, that target was surpassed within three months and a new target was set of 5,000 downloads.