Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Georgetown, IN

When a sewer line is blocked, the sewage that is thick and dark can be dangerous to your health. This sewer waste is extremely unsanitary, containing contaminants like bacteria, viruses and pathogens. All of these dangerous germs can pose a serious health risk and cause many illnesses if humans or animals suffer exposure. If it happens that you suffer a sewage backup on the premises of your home or business, or a toilet backup in either location, repairing either one is of the highest priority. Having this dirty sewer waste in your home is dangerous and should be removed as soon as possible. Furthermore, knowing what is causing the sewer backups may aid in preventing this potentially hazardous situation. To help you in managing sewage backups in your home or business, following is a list of things that may help:

Causes of Sewage Backup

• Considerable Rainfall – Excess rains can overpower your town or city’s storm sewer mainlines. If this happens, the waste can back up into the connected sewer lines putting your home or business in possible compromise of water backflow. Growing rivers and streams, hurricanes and other related events can cause flood and sewage waters to mix and present genuine health related dangers. You should be highly cautious when wading in this type of water, and even stay vigilant after the water recedes and dries up. It’s viable for the organic matter to turn aerosolized and able to be inhaled, meaning there’s a chance you could breathe it into your lungs. To prevent contact or risk of inhaling these contaminants, legitimate PPE should be worn at all times.
• Roots from Trees – Trees can have long roots that grow into water or sewer pipes and crush or break them. Damage to pipes and a sewage backup can also be caused by tree roots that aren’t even on your land. Be very aware of any tree roots that can reach your water and sewer pipes that lead to the main sewer line or septic system.
• Old/Aging Sewer Lines – Older and aging sewage structures are susceptible to breaking down and cracking, inducing sewer backups, sewer filled basements along with entire home flooding. The older your region or dwelling may raise the chance of this type of catastrophe occurring.
• Clogged and Blocked Drain Pipes – If your house or business’s main sewer line or drain pipes become fouled, sewage may back up inside the building. A fine example is: if a single toilet causes a sewage backup, the lines connected to that toilet, or the main drain pipes of more toilets, will also become backed up.

• Old and/or Damaged Lines – Older sewage systems have a propensity to suffer damage and crack, leading to sewage backups and flooded dwellings full of sewage. If your home or region is older, the probability is greater that you’ll experience damaged sewer lines than newer ones.
• Copious Rainfall – Heavy and rapid downpours can overwhelm your local storm sewer lines promptly. If these public sewer pipes can’t deal with excess rainfall, water can backup and flow into connected sewer lines. This can put your dwelling at risk of backflow difficulties. Local flood waters from events like rising rivers and creeks, hurricanes, or any similar weather events can cause clean water to blend with sewage water and other chemicals and harmful toxins that cause serious health problems. Use extreme caution when moving on foot in this type of waste, but also stay cautious when it dries. The dried organic waste can turn airborne and turn respirable. Correct PPE needs to be worn at all times to stop contact and risk inhaling polluted air.
• Blocked/Clogged Pipes – A clogged pipe or sewer line can cause sewage to back up into your dwelling or business. If only one toilet becomes backed up, the sewer water backup can spread down the sewer pipes and affect all connected toilets on that line.
• Tree Roots – Tree roots can cause damage to water and sewer pipes. The roots from huge trees can make their way into and around the pipes and damage them excessively. If the roots on your property are not the culprit, roots from closely located trees can extend under property lines and harm your sewer line, causing a sewage issue. Be extra aware of all tree roots that could affect your mainline sewer pipes and/or pipes that run to your septic tank.

Our Georgetown, IN process for sewage cleanup and sanitation

PuroClean’s process for cleaning and restoration of Category 3 water, aka sewer and contaminated water backup clean up following the IICRC industry standards, is as follows:

1. Ensuring safety for all personnel and occupants by placing strict rules on site access to remediation personnel only in order to prevent health related occurrences.

2. Valuation of the jobsite along with health and safety surveys.

3. Ensure all remediation personnel are equipped with the proper personal protection equipment (PPE). This may include but is not limited to:

• Full face respirator
• Nitrile and cut resistant gloves
• Rubber boots with steel toes and shank
• Full body suit protection

4. Engineering controls put in place and condemnatory barriers used (if needed) preventing cross-contamination.

5. Stopping all potential dangers and safety risks if possible.

6. Disposal, removal of bulk water, soil, and contaminates.

7. Remove and dispose of all contaminated porous and semi-porous materials that are not able to be restored, which could include but is not limited to:

• Gypsum board (drywall)
• Carpet, rugs, pad, and/or underlayment
• Vinyl flooring and underlayment
• Hardwood flooring
• Padded and upholstered belongings

8. Implement cleaning methods and use of EPA registered biocides and antimicrobials

9. Actual cleansing of all remaining structures

10. We suggest using a third-party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) to perform clearance testing to ensure the building is returned to a safe pre-loss condition for health and safety.

11. All materials damaged by water to be dried and returned to pre-loss condition

12. After completion of remediation – Cleaning of all equipment used

13. All demo materials removed from the building

Call PuroClean for your Professional Georgetown, IN Sewage Cleanup Needs!

If a sewage drain pipe backup takes place in your home or business, reach out to the PuroClean professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services. Our employees use state-of-the-art tools, methods and cleaning systems to efficiently remediate the damaged structures and contents.

The sheer quality of our sewer water removal and cleaning services, along with the speed that we deliver the work, as well as our empathy demonstrated throughout the entire project helps make PuroClean your preferred damage remediation and restoration company. We pledge to do everything that’s needed and within our power to restore and rescue properties in all the towns and cities that make up our service areas.

*Not all PuroClean offices provide sewage cleanup and sanitation cleaning services.