Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in New York, NY

When a sewer line is blocked, the sewage that is thick and dark is dangerous to your health. This sewer waste is extremely unclean, containing contaminants such as bacteria, viruses and pathogens. All of these dangerous germs can pose a serious health danger and cause many illnesses if humans or animals are exposed. If it happens that you suffer a sewage backup on the property of your home or business, or a toilet backup in either location, repairing either one is of the highest priority. Having this unsanitary sewer waste in your home is not safe and should be removed as soon as possible. Also, knowing what is causing the sewer backups may aid in stopping 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:

Sewage Backup Causes

• Blocked Sewer Line – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain pipes or main sewer pipes become blocked. As an example: if one toilet starts a sewage backup, the connected drain and/or many toilets and the main line may become fouled.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees with large strong long roots have the potential to grow through and around pipes, even demolishing sewer lines. Tree roots have the capability to reach a long distance and wreak havoc on your pipes, causing a sewer backup. Be very aware of roots near your main sewer lines or septic tank area to prevent damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Aging sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems will fail by slowly weakening and crumbling over time – leading to sewage backups, water filled homes, and basements full of sewer water. Pay attention to the age of your home and surrounding area and search for these potential problems.
• Large Rainfall Amounts – Large amounts of rain can crowd your main storm and sewer mains. If it turns out 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 potentially dangerous risk of sewer backup. There is a risk of severe health issues when in and around flooding waters in your region that happens from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other related weather, when water merges with sewage, impurities and chemicals. When wading in these waters use extreme caution, and also when the water goes down and starts drying. Organic substance that is dried out can then become aerosolized and present a risk of breathing in these contaminants. Be positive to use proper PPE to protect against these dangerous risks.

PuroClean’s sewage cleanup and sanitation process in New York, NY

The PuroClean procedures for cleaning and restoring Category 3 water, which is sewer and polluted water backup cleaning and restoration as set forth by IICRC industry standards, consisting of:

1. Ensure all personnel and occupants stay safe by limiting access to the site to remediation employees only in order to guard against any health-related issues.

2. Health and Safety checks and assessment of the jobsite.

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

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

4. Implement established engineering controls, critical barriers, to stop cross-contamination.

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

6. Clearing the jobsite of all bulk water, soil, and contaminates.

7. Removing any and all porous and semi-porous contaminated articles that are unable to be saved, which includes but is not limited to:

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

8. Cleaning methods put in place and the use of EPA approved biocides and antimicrobials

9. Physical cleaning of all remaining structure items

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

11. All items and structure affected by the water to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry conditions

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

13. All demo materials removed from the building

Call PuroClean for your Professional New York, NY Sewage Cleanup Needs!

PuroClean technicians put to use state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning methods to effectively restore and clean the unsound building materials and items from your house or business. If a sewage drain line backup from blockage occurs, call our professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services.

The sheer expertise of our sewer water removal and cleaning services, along with the speed in which we deliver the work, as well as our compassion demonstrated throughout the entire project helps make PuroClean your perfect damage remediation and restoration firm. We strive 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 coverage areas.

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