Flood Water Is a Different Problem
Water that enters a building from outside, from storm surge, rising groundwater, overwhelmed storm drains or a failed retaining structure, is Category three water. It carries soil, sewage, agricultural and industrial runoff, fuel and pathogens, and it contaminates everything porous it touches. Flood restoration is therefore a biohazard remediation project with a drying component, not a drying project, and treating it as ordinary water damage puts occupants at risk.