Tune Hotels moves to defuse oil spill fears
DENPASAR – Tune Hotels has responded vigorously to accusations in the Bali media that it is not being a good corporate citizen.
The newly opened Tune Hotel in Kuta has been accused of contaminating ground water with fuel oil, ruining the drinking water of nearby residents.
In a statement to TravelMole, Tune Hotels Group CEO Mark Lankester said, “We have taken this situation very seriously from the onset.â€
He said when three local families complained of oil in their water, Tune Hotels asked its contractor to investigate
“When they found no structural issues with the oil tank…we went still further and undertook further appropriate professional testing of the water to ascertain the possibility of anything that would resemble oil in the water.
“The results of the test have been again negative. However, once more in our duty as good corporate citizens, we have embarked on yet a further test by a separate professional laboratory, Sanglah Hospital laboratory, to seek yet another point of view.
“The results of this professional test will become available to us within the next 10 days.â€
Tune Hotels said it had also met with the affected families and carried out further test sampling on December 21.
“What was witnessed however was that there was some spillage of diesel fuel around the filling nozzle to the main subterranean diesel tank,†the statement noted.
Tune hotels said despite the tests proving that it was not responsible for any oil contamination, and that local officials were in full agreement with that verdict, the families still held some concerns.
“Given this, in the spirit of neighbourliness and as new entrants to the community of Kuta- Bali, we asked how we may be of assistance regardless.
“What has transpired is that the families are of the opinion that deepening their wells will solve the perception of their water. In short we have made the offer of assisting them to deepen their wells at our cost.â€
Lankester added, “To clarify, in summary, there is no issue concerning the tank, but there was a case of some spillage on the ground. This has been sorted out.â€
Ian Jarrett
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