Emergency
Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup Palm Bay, 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.
Shut off the water, then pick up the phone
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
Can water from the roadside swale reach a Palm Bay drain field?
It can, where the field lies in the front yard close to the swale. Palm Bay has some 29,200 homes with septic systems on record. After a June downpour the swale holds the street's runoff, and that water soaks sideways into the nearby ground, including the soil around the field. By the time the household's own water arrives, the field may already be full, and drains in the house slow.
What is the canal behind a Palm Bay house, and where does its water go?
Many of the canals in and west of Palm Bay belong to the Melbourne-Tillman Water Control District, dug from 1922 to carry runoff east to Turkey Creek. The district keeps 75 canals, over 163 miles of them, and its main canal runs about 9 miles to a control structure at the creek. After a June storm the canal rises, and a rear yard beside it stays wet longest.
Why does the swale in front of a Palm Bay house hold water so long?
A roadside swale passes its water under each driveway through a culvert pipe. Where that pipe has filled with sand, grass clippings or a crushed end, the swale on the upstream side cannot drain, and the water stands for days after a summer storm, soaking the front yard beside it. Clearing the culvert, or asking the city to, lets the swale empty again.
Palm Bay's own page carries them beside the local figures.