Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in New Jersey, NJ

Obstructed sewer lines can leak out sewage; a thick, dark substance that forms. Sewage water is a serious health hazard and unsanitary; containing contaminants like pathogens, viruses and bacteria. These dangerous contaminants may present risks of serious sickness if animals or humans are exposed to them. Timely repair is key if you have sewage backup anywhere in your home or business . Quickly taking care of this will prevent the dangerous waste water from staying in occupied areas. To stop a hazardous condition occurring in your home or business, knowing what causes the sewer backups could be extremely helpful. We’ve created a list of things to aid in preventing and dealing with home or business sewage backups:

Why Sewage Backup Occurs

• Blocked Sewer Line – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain lines or main sewer lines become occluded. As an example: if one bathroom starts a sewage backup, the connected drain and/or numerous toilets and the main line may become fouled.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees with large strong imposing roots have the ability to grow into and around pipes, even demolishing sewer lines. Tree roots have the capability to reach a long distance and wreak havoc on your pipes, leading to a sewer backup. Keep an eye out for roots near your main sewer lines or septic tank area to protect them from damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Aging sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems will fail by slowly weakening and crumbling over time – causing sewage backups, flooded homes, and basements full of sewage. Pay attention to the age of your home and community and keep an eye out for these potential problems.
• Heavy Rainfall Amounts – Heavy amounts of rain can crowd your main storm and sewer mains. If it turns out that your public system can’t handle large rainfall levels, the water can make its way into the sewer lines connected to the mainline, and place your home or business in a possibly dangerous risk of sewer backup. There is a risk of serious health issues when in and around flooding waters in your town or city that happens from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other similar weather, when water combines with sewage, contaminants and chemicals. When wading in this waste use extreme caution, and also when the water goes down and starts drying. Organic substance that is dried out can then convert to be aerosolized and present a threat of breathing in these contaminants. Be sure to use proper PPE to guard against these dangerous risks.

PuroClean’s sewage cleaning and sanitation process in New Jersey, NJ

Our cleaning and remediation procedures for Category 3 water (which describes sewer and contaminated water backup) according to the standards put in place by the IICRC industry are:

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. Health and Safety checks and assessment of the entire work premises.

3. Ensure proper personal protection equipment (PPE) is being utilized by all restoration personnel. 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. Implement established engineering controls, critical barriers, to prevent cross-contamination.

5. Eliminating any and all probable safety risks if possible.

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

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

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

8. Cleaning procedures implemented, as well as the use of EPA registered biocides and antimicrobials

9. Full physical cleaning of all structure items that remain

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 excess waters are to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry condition

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

13. All demo materials removed from the building

Call PuroClean for your Professional New Jersey, NJ Sewage Cleanup Needs!

PuroClean technicians use state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning methods to effectively restore and clean the damaged building materials and contents from your dwelling or business. If a sewage drain pipe backup from blockage happens, call our highly trained staff for sewage removal and cleaning services.

The sheer quality of our sewage removal and cleaning services, along with the speed in which we deliver the work, as well as our empathy demonstrated throughout the process helps make PuroClean your perfect damage remediation and restoration company. We pledge to do everything possible and within our power to fully remediate properties in all the neighborhoods that make up our coverage areas.

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