Emergency
Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup Melbourne, FL
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage. Anything that rose back up through a drain is handled as sewage, however clean it appears. Where a saturated septic field is the cause, it has to be draining again before the building is used.
Say where the water came from when you call
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated.
Frequently asked questions
What does a drip above a downstairs Melbourne patio door mean?
Often that the unit above has a clogged drain. Some 7,130 Melbourne homes are in buildings of ten or more units, and in some, an upstairs air handler's backup drain line is run out to end above the patio or door of the unit below. Water dripping from it means the main line has stopped and the backup pan is filling, so the upstairs drain is the one to clear.
What is the M-1 Canal that runs through Melbourne?
A century-old flood control canal that cuts through the old divide between the St. Johns River and the Indian River Lagoon. It gathers stormwater from about 5,300 acres in and around Melbourne and sends it east through Crane Creek to the lagoon. A weir added by the water management district keeps that flood capacity while pumping the canal's base flow west for treatment.
How does September rain affect a Melbourne septic system?
It fills the ground first. Melbourne has some 607 homes with septic systems on record, on ground standing about 29 feet above sea level. By September, after weeks of storms, the soil around the drain field already holds much of the season's rain, so household water has less room to go, and slow drains or a gurgling tub are the first signs.
Back to Melbourne for the housing and weather behind them.