Air Quality - Campus Recreation - Santa Clara University

Air quality due to smoke in the air will cause all our outdoor recreation facilities to close if we are in the red zone at/or above 151 for air quality. AirQuality HomeCampusRecreationFacilitiesAirQuality Airqualityduetosmokeintheairwillcauseallouroutdoorrecreationfacilitiestocloseifweareintheredzoneat/orabove151forairquality.WeuseAirNowasadeterminationfortheairquality.Usethislinktogototheirwebsitewww.airnow.gov.Usethezipcode95050inthesearch(95053forthecampusdoesnotworkasofFall2018).Ifthewebsiteisdown,useyourcellphone’sweatherappifithasanairqualitylevel.Ifthenumberisat/orabove151weneedtoclosetheoutdoorfacilities.IntercollegiateAthleticteamswillusetheirownguidelinesforwhentheywillremovestudent-athletesfromplayanditmaynotmirrorours.TheAirQualityIndexforOzonedefinestherange151-200aseveryonemaybegintoexperiencehealtheffects;membersofsensitivegroupsmayexperiencemoreserioushealtheffects. Ourhopewouldbetothengetacampuswideemailoutthatwehaveclosedtheoutdoorfacilities.ThisincludesthePool,BellomyField,DegheriTennisCourts,BeachVolleyballCourts,OutdoorBasketball CourtandOutdoorFitnessArea.  IntramuralSportsleaguesthatareoutdoorsportsscheduledduringatimeofbadairqualitywillbenotifiedbyIntramuralSportsStaffifthegamesarecanceled.Theinformationwillbesenttoyourscu.edue-mailaddressthroughIMLeagues.