Australia's national database of pollutant emissions

Major Update on 8 May 2008

• Now uses the latest 2006-2007 data
  
• A lognormal (as opposed to normal) distribution is used to compare sites
  
• No longer divided into two posts with two files
  
• Read more in the post below
  

Placemark collection updated on 18 October 2008 with 228 corrected locations (including every post in this thread).

The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) is a publicly accessible database containing information on the types and amounts of pollutants being emitted to the Australian environment.

Information in the database is supplied by state and territory environment agencies who receive the information from facilities in their jurisdictions. Industry information on the database is updated annually. The attached data is for the 2005-2006 reporting year.

The purpose of the inventory is to help assess the nature of pollution in Australia by drawing together information about pollutants being released into the environment. The NPI identifies the sources of emissions and whether they are emitted to air, water or land.

The NPI helps everyone to keep an eye on pollution - it's your right to know.

Further information can be found at the NPI website.