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Dealing with sewage overflow nightmares by Richard Conard
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Dealing with sewage overflow nightmares |
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Home Improvement
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Perhaps you don’t live in an area where hurricanes are a common occurrence but what would you do if you found out that a devastating flood has swept through your area and in particular into your own house? Many people have found themselves facing a serious biohazard waste nightmare in the name of raw sewage flooding the entire house. Some people will buy what looks like an affordable home only to discover when it’s too late that it is deep inside a flood zone. What originally appears to be a too good to be true could turn up to actually be just that when you have to deal with such a huge sewage backup. Homes that are built in areas that are low lying are usually magnets for flood water and everything else that can overflow. Whenever rains fall so deeply and the sewer lines get flooded, water will always look for the lowest point and back flow right into your sewer line. The filthy water will simply flood the home and the entire house will become one stinking mess as it will fill every crawl space under your home. Just picture yourself having to deal with tons upon tons of water filled with human feces, condoms, sanitary napkins and just about everything else that people will flush down the toilet. Apart from the amount of damage that such a huge amount of water is likely to do to your house, you will be dealing with a highly toxic biohazard of raw sewage in every inhabitable space in your property. Because of how serious a biological hazard that raw sewage is, it should never be allowed to come into contact with your skin; breathing those fumes alone is enough to bring about serious illness. Hazardous waste disposal experts are highly trained to follow very strict guidelines in order to make safe decontamination of such a home. When such a disaster has taken place, there is usually not enough time to wait for the authorities to respond; there are cases where they blame homeowners for such a predicament. Even when such water has subsided, you can be sure that it will leave behind a biohazard cesspool in its wake. The floors will be covered with all manner of dirt and feces and the entire house will be wet and contaminated; the odor itself will be unbearable to say the least. Raw sewage is laden with deadly microorganisms that can easily enter your body through any body contact and sores still through the air you will be breathing. You will be dealing with pathogens that cam spread deadly diseases such as gastroenteritis among other. Feces and urine cleaning experts have protective clothing that will help them prevent contamination even as they begin to deal with any sewage backups in your home
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