Sewage is not a word we tend to think very fondly of. It refers to something very unclean and rather smelly, so we tend to not think of it if we can help it. However, despite it being a dirty job, someone has to do it and it can be a challenging occupation for any without a sense of smell, let alone those with one. Most sewage is regarded as waste carried by water away from the community. Sewage is also waste products such as grey water, solids, food and waste from garbage disposals and toilets. The word derived from ‘assewer’ which is an old French that has its roots in Latin ‘exaquare’, meaning ‘to drain out’. The pipe work and infrastructures that make up the sewage system is called a ‘sewerage system’.
Sewage is part of its own classification system and this includes ‘surface runoff’—equating to rain water and external weather conditions that fall down drains—agricultural, commercial, industrial and sanitary. Generally, residential waste includes the toilet stuff, the food waste, laundry and bath water, shower water and dishwasher water. It is not solid waste that cannot be broken down.
Services and Regulations
Because of the pathogenic organisms and the imminent danger of disease sewage services are generally supposed to maintain a certain level of safety. There are International Standards that supposed to be observed and the various different bodies that produce waste and sewage must comply with their set of standards. For example, industrial waste has to be dealt with in a professional and safe fashion so as not to be a hazardous waste product or spread infection to the public. Agricultural waste is also treated with care so as not to infect the public domain or the animals and wildlife and so on.
When a blockage occurs there is often a need for sewage pumps to extract the waste products so that they can be unblocked. Crawley has a very comprehensive sewage system that must be kept moving, as with any other large and highly populated U.K. town or city. If a blockage has to be cleared pumps are brought in so that the pipes can be evacuated and cleaned to remove potential hazards and public dangers.
Active Pump Services Ltd provides complete water & sewage pump systems installation services for domestic and commercial area of Crawley, UK.