Safety precaution for a sewage spill

Sewage water is the waste water that has been used for various purposes. This water contains feces, urine, and laundry waste. When a sewer overflows it can cause various health hazards. This waste water can find their way into waterbodies, recreational waterway, land or building areas.

Here’s are some infections you can be affected by if exposed to sewage spills

Gastroenteritis - One of the causes of gastroenteritis is contaminated food or water. Symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, stomach pain.

Tetanus - Caused by Clostridium tetani bacterium. It produces a toxin what effects the brain. It is found in contaminated soil. It enters the body mainly through wounds

Hepatitis A - This is a liver disease. Transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food and water. Infection occurs after an incubation period of three to four weeks. Symptoms fever, headache, nausea.


Safety precaution when handling sewage:

• Make sure you been vaccinated for tetanus and diphtheria.

• Do not eat in the areas where your handling sewage and wash your hands properly before consuming any food. 

• Use the right equipment to handle sewage. 

• In case of illness, you should visit the doctor.

• Never swim in the areas that have been contaminated by a sewage spill.

• Do not eat any seafood that has been contaminated from a sewage spill. 

The environment that you are living in must be clean. A sewage spill can be harmful to you or anyone coming into contact with it, and is best left to the experts at Bio Cleanse Services to decontaminate the place. Visit our website at http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/

Sewage clean-up is a job for experts

Sewage break-out is the most unpleasant disaster that any person will have to go through.                                               

 The three main causes for sewage breakouts are as follows:

· Blockage – it can happen due to the growth of trees in or around the drainage area, since trees and plant are prone to moisture and break through the pipes in the quest for it. Grease substances or sullage is another factor for blockage. They stick on the insides of pipes which makes it difficult to exit.

· Clogs – they occur because of various reasons such as hair falling or toiletries. Hair falling and toiletries (tissues, baby nappies, etc.) can build up and gradually lead to clogging drainage.

· Old or broken lines - Older homes or buildings might experience deterioration of their drains and lines. Failure to being careful of such things results in a sewage breakout.

Sewage break-out can have a bad effect on your health as well. Respiratory problems like asthma and water-borne diseases like malaria are some of the examples of health risks involved with sewage break-outs.

If you are facing any of these problems, we caution extreme urgency and our technicians are highly trained with adequate equipment. Contact Bio Cleanse Services at 042 741 1789 or visit our website: http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/services/sewage-clean-up/

How is sewage spill hazardous

Sewage can include raw sewage, black water, sludge or septic tank waste. It consists of biological waste, excrement, industrial effluents, debris and biohazardous trash. Sewage spills occur when the conduit of this wastewater undergoes a breakdown in the form of a broken pipe, manhole or overflowing. 

Sewage spills cause health hazards, damage homes and businesses and threaten the ecology. Humans are at a greater risk for getting affected due to the presence of various pathogens that can have a serious impact on human health. 

Sewage water can cause a wide range of fungal, bacterial and viral hazards in buildings. They are transmitted to other surrounding areas by movement of people from contaminated areas, tracking contaminated soil, movement of particles and infected particles through the medium of air. 

The following diseases are likely to be caused through a sewage spill:

• Tetanus – The bacteria enters the body through wounds and affects the nervous system, hindering the interaction between the nervous system and the respective muscle, especially at the neuromuscular junction.

• Hepatitis A – It is a viral disease affecting the liver system, which can cause mild to severe illness. Treatment can take weeks.

• Leptospirosis – A bacterial disease that can affect the kidney, liver and is responsible for respiratory diseases. Gastrointestinal infections like vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. 

• Infections by Cryptosporidium & Giardia – Cryptosporidium stick to the walls of the small intestine and cause watery diarrhoea, whereas Giardia causes abdominal cramps, bloating, nausea and bouts of watery diarrhoea.

Exposure to these diseases caused by harmful pathogens occur when people come in contact with the sewage spill during eating, drinking, skin contact, handling sharps and contaminated gloves. It is essential to get the sewage spill cleared, before it is too late and takes toll on our health. 

Bio-Cleanse offers comprehensive Sewage Cleaning services. 

Visit www.bio-cleanse.com.au or http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/services/sewage-clean-up/ for more information!