Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Palm Springs, CA

When sewer pipes become blocked, the thick, black water that forms as sewage is a health hazard, and is tremendously unsanitary as it consists of contaminants like pathogens, bacteria, and viruses that may pose a risk of severe illness if exposed to people or animals. If you have a sewer backed up in your basement, or your toilet backs up, you will need to fix it quickly, or you will end up with sewage all over your floors. Knowing the cause of sewer backups, however, may help you prevent a hazardous occurrence in your basement, home or business. Following is a list of items that may help to prevent and handle sewage backups:

Sewage Backup Causes

• Blocked Drain Pipes – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain lines or main sewer lines become occluded. As an example: if one commode starts a sewage backup, the attached drain and/or numerous toilets and the main sewer may become clogged.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees that have large strong imposing roots have the capacity to grow into and around pipes, even demolishing sewer pipes. Tree roots are able to reach a long distance and wreak havoc on your pipes, leading to a sewer backup. Keep an eye out for roots near your sewer mainline or septic tank area to protect them from damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Aging sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems can fail by slowly cracking and crumbling over time – leading to sewage backups, water filled homes, and basements full of sewer water. Keep in mind the age of your home and neighborhood and search for these potential problems.
• Large Rainfall Amounts – Large amounts of rainfall can overwhelm your main storm and sewer lines. If it happens that your public sewers can’t handle large rainfall amounts, the water can work its way into the sewer lines linked to the mainline, and place your home or business in a possibly dangerous risk of sewer backup. There is a risk of genuine health issues when in and around flooding waters in your region that occurs from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other associated weather, when water combines with sewage, contaminants and chemicals. When wading in this waste use extreme caution, and also when the water decreases and starts drying. Organic matter that is dried out can then convert to be aerosolized and present a risk of inhaling in these contaminants. Be positive to use proper PPE to guard against these dangerous risks.

Our Palm Springs, CA sewage cleanup and sanitation process

Our process for cleaning and remediation of Category 3 water, also known as sewer and contaminated water backup clean up according to the IICRC industry standards, is as follows:

1. Ensure all workers and occupants remain safe by limiting access to the site to remediation employees only in order to thwart any health-related issues.

2. Valuation of the work place along with health and safety surveys.

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

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

4. Create engineering controls, firm barriers if required to prevent cross-contamination.

5. Completely getting rid of any potential safety risks if possible.

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

7. Removal of all contaminated porous and semi-porous materials which are not salvageable, which can be but are not limited to:

• Carpet, rugs, pad, or underlayment
• Gypsum board (Drywall)
• Hardwood flooring
• Vinyl flooring and underlayment
• Padded and upholstered items

8. Cleaning procedures put in place and the use of EPA certified biocides and antimicrobials

9. Physical cleaning of all remaining structure items

10. We recommend using a third-party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) to conduct clearance testing to ensure the site is returned to a sanitary pre-loss condition for health and safety.

11. All materials affected by excess waters are to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry condition

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

13. All demo materials removed from the building

Call PuroClean for Professional Sewage Cleanup in Palm Springs, CA!

Call the PuroClean specialists for sewage abatement, cleaning and remediation. Whether it’s from a blocked toilet, flood waters or sewer pipe backups to tackle the problem for your home or business. PuroClean uses the latest, state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning systems to completely and effectively clean and restore all affected items and structures.

The high goals of our sewage abatement and cleaning services along with the speed in which we complete the work, and the sheer compassion we practice throughout the process make PuroClean your complete damage restoration and remediation company. PuroClean promises to do whatever it takes to save, clean and restore all properties that are within our service areas.

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