BALIKPAPAN - Balikpapan Environmental Service (DLH) took samples of sea water suspected of being polluted by an oil spill in the waters of the Makassar Strait or about two miles from Manggar Beach in the area.
"We took two bottles of water measuring 1.5 liters," said Head of DLH Balikpapan Sudirman Djajaleksana, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, May 14.
Samples or water samples were taken at the location of Ismail Yunus' chart, with coordinates of one degree 13 minutes south latitude and 117 degrees east longitude.
Bagan is a simple building made by fishermen to fish and draw fish in the sea. On the chart with these coordinates, Ismail Yunus himself first reported that sea water was originally clear to black on Friday night (12/5). He recorded the incident by cell phone and distributed it to his friends/
Ismail Yunus is a fisherman from Manggar, East Balikpapan. He was in the chart to catch fish when the seawater under the chart turned black quickly.
The Balikpapan DLH team visited the chart together with the police from the East Balikpapan Sector Police, Manggar Village Head and youth from the Manggar Community Empowerment Institution (LPM).
An example of water from that location was immediately taken to Samarinda to be tested in a laboratory at Mulawarman University. "From the results of the laboratory test, we will determine the next steps while continuing to coordinate with the parties," said Sudirman.
Prior to the sampling, the team also reviewed the condition of the waters and beaches, namely Manggar Beach and Lamaru Beach. Sudirman, by quoting reports from the Head of the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) of Manggar Beach and officers from Polairud Polda East Kalimantan, stated that no oil disbursement was found on the beach or in the waters. Likewise at the reported location.
"Based on observations during the review, visually there was no spill of oil at the complaint site and in the waters of the Manggar coast," explained Sudirman.
Previously, since Friday (12/5) night, Ismail's video was widely taken among fishermen, environmental activists and journalists.
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