IDNEWSNOW.COM, Jakarta – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry claimed that the air and water quality in the Cilacap Regency is within safe levels following the enormous fire that broke out at the Pertamina Cilacap oil refinery.
The Ministry’s director-general of pollution and ecological damage control Surya Anggara Widarto, said that the ministry has acted promptly to monitor the air and water quality across 4 areas nearby the Pertamina functional website.
” We monitored 24 hours for 2.5 PM parameters,” said Anggara in a declaration on Friday, June 18, 2021.
He declared that the research study discovered no dangerous gasses that can threaten locals living close by the oil refinery. In addition, the water sources used by people in the area reveal ” visually accepted quality standards criterion of the Environmental Company.”
The exact same consideration was echoed by Pertamina’s Cilacap branch representative Hatim Ilwan, who said that the state-energy company continues to closely monitor the air and water quality following the fire incident. He also claimed that the company had actually welcomed a group from the Center for Industrial Contamination Prevention Technology (BBTPPI) and has actually partnered with the Research study and Industry Affiliated Institute (LAPI) from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).
CAESAR AKBAR
