How to Clean & Sanitize Sewage on Cement

No matter what the cause, sewage overflowing onto a cement surface can create problems and must be cleaned up properly. Untreated sewage exposes you to parasites, bacteria and viruses. Cleaning up the sewage and sanitizing the cement is vital to the health of you, your family and pets. When you clean and sanitize cement after exposure to sewage, you must use proper supplies to avoid contamination and the spread of disease-causing organisms.

Rubber gloves
Face mask
Old clothes
Rubber boots
Shovel
Trash bag
Sawdust
Bucket
1/2 gallon bleach
Scrub brush
Hose

Instructions

- 1
  Put on rubber gloves and a face mask to prevent inhalation of or direct contact with bacteria and germs. Wear old clothing and rubber boots.
- 2
  Scoop up solid sewage with a shovel and dispose of it in a trash bag. Cover liquid from the sewage overflow with sawdust.
- 3
  
  Sawdust helps solidify the sewage spill for easier cleanup.
  
  Allow the sawdust to absorb the sewage liquid for 30 minutes. Shovel it off the cement surface to remove it. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as needed to remove any remaining waste.
- 4
  Fill a bucket with 1 gallon of warm water. Add 1/2 cup of bleach.
- 5
  Wet a scrub brush in the diluted bleach solution. Scrub the cement surface with the bleach solution to clean and sanitize it. Rinse the brush often. Apply more diluted bleach solution and continue to scrub until the entire surface has been cleaned.
- 6
  Leave the bleach solution to sit on the cement surface for 15 to 20 minutes to sanitize it. Rinse the cement off with a hose.
- 7
  Allow the cement surface to air dry completely.

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