Environment
Morton Elementary School — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Morton Elementary School in Hammond, Indiana.
Latest Air Quality Index
43
Good · monitor 2.7 km away
PM2.5 annual7.7 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr2
TRI sites within 1 mi3
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
43
AQI latest — Good
43
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
7.7
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
50.2
Ozone annual ppb
29.0
NO₂ annual ppb
Public Water System
HAMMOND WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT · PWS IN5245020
2
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
78,384
Population served
03
Most recent violation type
2024-10-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
3
TRI sites within 1 mile
68
TRI sites within 5 miles
1.9 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
MIDCO I
2.0 mi
Nearest brownfield
BULT FUEL OIL SITE
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).