Don’t Clean Sewage Backup Yourself or You’ll Have Bigger Problems than Dirty Hands

8/24/2021 (Permalink)

Before photo to the left, sewage water - After photo to the right, mitigated area

Many things can cause a sewage backup, from a pipe clogging to a flood overfilling a local sewer system. A sewage loss can seem like a relatively easy cleanup to tackle alone, but it should not be handled by anyone other than specialists like SERVPRO of Rio Rancho/Sandoval County & SERVPRO of South Albuquerque. 

We recently got a call from our local Judicial Complex. 

Sewage Water Contains Diseases and Bacteria

Sewage contamination should be considered extremely dangerous. It has the ability to make not only whomever comes into direct contact with it very sick, but also anyone else with whom the exposed comes into contact, as there are many highly contagious bacteria and viruses commonly found in sewage.

Diseases in Sewage are Easily Spread

Coming in contact with bacteria can be as easy as not properly cleaning your hands after touching sewage and then eating or drinking. Many may think of cleaning their hands before eating or drinking, but smoking a cigarette or cigar when your hands are not properly cleaned is also an extremely easy way to be infected by bacteria and diseases.

 Avoid any further disaster by contact us at SERVPRO of Rio Rancho/Sandoval County & SERVPRO of South Albuquerque by phone at 505.891.2345