Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Wichita, KS

Toilet and sewer pipe backups can result in sewage entering your basement or other areas of your home or business. This dark, thick water is highly hazardous and contains quite a lot of dangerous contaminants. These contaminants are made up of pathogens, bacteria and viruses and present health risks and sickness dangers if humans or animals experience exposure. Finding a remedy to these problems ASAP is imperative, as is getting rid of the sewage from your home or business. Having knowledge of what may lead to sewer blockages may help you prevent a hazardous situation in your home or basement. Please see this list of things that may help prevent sewage backups that could occur in your home or business:

Causes of Sewage Backup

• Drain Pipe Blockages – Sewage can back up into your home or business when either your drain pipes or the main sewer line becomes clogged. For example, if one commode creates a sewage blockage, the drain connected to that toilet, or the mainline of many toilets, will likely also be obstructed.
• Tree Roots – Trees with long roots can move into pipes and cause holes or crush the sewer line by growing around it. Even if the roots on your property are not the problem, roots from adjoining property can reach your sewer pipe and damage it, creating a sewer backup. Always be aware of roots where your sewer lines to the street or septic system is placed.
• Damaged Sewer Lines – Older sewage systems could break down and crack, causing sewage blockages and flooded homes and basements. The older your neighborhood is, the greater chance of these types of incidents.
• Heavy Rainfall – Heavy amounts of rain can overburden your town’s storm sewer mains. If the public storm sewers can’t handle large amounts of rainfall, the water can make its way into attached sewer lines, which can leave your home or business at risk of water backflows. Area-wide flooding waters from events like rising rivers and creeks, hurricanes, and other isolated events can also mix with sewage waste and other chemicals and contaminants that can lead to health-related issues. Extreme caution is needed when wading in these waters, and even when the flood recedes and begins to dry out. Dried up organic waste can then become aerosolized and become respirable. Proper PPE should be worn to stop any contact and risk of breathing in this harmful matter.

Our Wichita, KS sewage cleanup and sanitation process

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

1. Ensure all personnel and occupants remain safe by limiting access to the site to restoration employees only in order to stop any health-related issues.

2. Health and Safety survey and assessment of the entire work premises.

3. Ensure all cleanup and restoration personnel are equipped with the proper personal protection equipment (PPE). This can 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 utilized and condemnatory barricades used (if needed) guarding against cross-contamination.

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

6. Bulk water, soil, and contaminates removal

7. Getting rid of any and all porous and semi-porous contaminated articles that are unable to be salvaged, which includes but is not limited to:

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

8. Implement cleaning procedures and utilization of EPA registered biocides and antimicrobials

9. Manual cleaning of all remaining structure areas

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

11. All materials affected by water to be dried and returned to pre-loss standard

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

13. Disposal of all demolished materials removed from the site

Call PuroClean for your Professional Wichita, KS Sewage Cleanup Needs!

What happens if a sewer line backup occurs in your house or business? The correct answer is: Contact PuroClean! For the simple fact that PuroClean technicians are your ideal professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services. With the latest and greatest equipment and cleaning tools, we efficiently restore, remediate and completely cleanse the affected areas in your home or business.

The sheer expertise of our sewage removal and cleaning services, in addition to the speed in which we deliver the work, as well as our kindness demonstrated throughout the entire project helps make PuroClean your preferred damage remediation and restoration firm. We strive to do everything that’s needed and within our power to fully remediate properties in all the neighborhoods that make up our service areas.

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