Sanitization Services Prince George's and Howard Counties, MD

Sewage in flooded basements

Intense downpours can push sewage into basements, as happened in College Park when a flash flood filled basements in one neighborhood. Water that backs into a home is contaminated and needs professional removal and sanitizing.

Contact with contaminated water

Wash well with soap and warm water after any contact with sewage or floodwater. Anything porous that touched it, such as carpet, pad, insulation and drywall, is removed and discarded rather than cleaned.

Stream and river floodwater

Floodwater from small streams, the Patapsco and the Patuxent carries sediment, bacteria and runoff. Hard surfaces are cleaned and treated with antimicrobials before drying and rebuilding begin.

The scope depends on the contaminant, the size of the area, and the materials. Hard, nonporous surfaces can be cleaned and disinfected. Porous materials that absorbed floodwater or sewage are usually removed. We list the areas, methods, and products in a written scope.

A single room or office suite can often be completed in a day. Whole homes, larger facilities, and post-flood or post-sewage work take longer because they follow extraction, removal, and drying.

For businesses, we can schedule sanitization after hours and provide a record of the areas treated, the products used, and the dwell times followed. That record is useful for facility managers, landlords, and insurers who need to know the space was handled properly before people return. For homes, we explain which items were cleaned, which were discarded, and why, so you can make decisions about replacing belongings with your adjuster. Where contamination came from a flood or sewer backup, the sanitization is completed before rebuilding so new materials are not installed over untreated surfaces.