Sewage Cleanup in Miami
A sewage backup is not a mess to mop up — it's a biohazard sitting in your home. Sewage carries bacteria, viruses and parasites, it soaks into everything porous within minutes, and the contamination spreads well past the water you can see. We remove it safely, take out what can't be saved, disinfect what can, and dry the structure properly.
Our Sewage Cleanup Process
1
Emergency Call & Safety Assessment
We tell you what to avoid before we arrive — which rooms to stay out of, whether to shut off anything — then get a crew moving. Keep children and pets away from the area entirely.
2
Containment & Protection
The affected area is sealed off before work begins so contamination doesn't travel through the property. Crews work in protective equipment throughout.
3
Sewage Extraction & Waste Removal
Standing sewage and solid waste are removed with equipment built for it, not a shop vacuum.
4
Removal of Contaminated Materials
Porous materials that absorbed sewage — carpet, padding, affected drywall, insulation — are cut out and disposed of according to regulation. We document everything removed, for you and for your insurer.
5
Cleaning, Sanitizing & Deodorizing
All remaining surfaces are cleaned and treated with antimicrobial agents. Odor is treated at the source rather than covered, because sewage smell returns the moment a masking agent wears off.
6
Drying & Final Verification
Structural drying with air movers and dehumidifiers, with moisture readings monitored until the property is back to normal levels and verified safe.
Why Sewage Is Different From Other Water Damage
Category 3 — What the Trade Calls Black Water
The restoration industry sorts water into three categories, and sewage is Category 3. It carries bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella, along with viruses and parasites, so contact carries real health risk and disturbing it without containment spreads contamination into rooms that were never affected. It also changes what can be kept: hard, non-porous surfaces can be cleaned and disinfected, but porous materials that absorbed sewage — carpet, padding, drywall, insulation, particleboard cabinetry — generally cannot be made safe again and have to come out. That's not upselling; it's the standard, and it's why a proper sewage job looks more destructive than people expect.
Areas We Serve
AquaDry Plus responds to sewage backups and contaminated water across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties — from Homestead and the Keys up through Miami, Kendall, Doral, Hialeah, Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. Residential and commercial.