Flood Damage Water is known as the universal solvent, and it is also a vector agent or capable of carrying contamination and of course is a necessary requirement for bio amplification of bacteria and mould.
Flood water entering a property from outside is classified as a "Black Water " event and is expected to contain up to 120 different types of bacteria and over 12000 types of virus. Add chemical contaminates and the property can be seen to be severely contaminated and a possible health hazard.
The health risk increases as the drying out process causes evaporation of wet surfaces leaving behind the contamination in the form of dust or particulates. These dry particles can become airborne and the risk increases from inhalation as they are inflammagens and may even be viable.
Mould is classified as class 1 health hazard in the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (2006) and although visible mould is disturbing the actual health risk is from ingestion and inhalation. Killing mould or indeed bacteria leaves a toxic or allergenic residue which are tiny fragments which can easily become aerosolised by just opening doors or walking across floors and likely to be inhaled.
As with other particles less than 10 micron these particles can remain airborne for months and even years simply re aerosolising by air movement
We provide a simple solution to assist after basic cleaning has been accomplished. This takes the form of service 1 atomised sanitation solution followed by service 2 application of bonded mechanical biostat.