WHAT COULD BE IN FLOODWATERS?

CAFS A Groundworks Company WHAT COULD BE IN FLOODWATERS? COMMON FLOODWATER CONTAΜΙΝΑΤΙONS A FLOOD WILL PICK UP THE CONTAMINANTS FROM ANYTHING THE WATER ENCOUNTERS. Bleach and Bacteria and cleaning products Livestock infectious Sewage waste organisms Medical and Chemicals and Live industrial Superfund power lines pesticides waste contaminants Rodents Gasoline, battery acid, Coal ash and snakes and hazardous fluids Birmingham and Tuscaloosa: Because of flooding, 18.5 million gallons of sewer water spilled U.S. DEATHS IN 2020 into floodwaters over BECAUSE OF 10 days in 2020. FLOODING: 59 FLOODWATER EXPOSURE RISKS Wound infections Hepatitis A virus • Typhoid, paratyphoid, and tetanus Skin rashes Gastrointestinal illness Trench foot Electrocution 47 cases 38 cases 26 cases VIBRIOSIS (sometimes called flesh-eating bacteria) is also increasingly common in Alabama 2018 2019 2017 FLOODING ALSO CAUSES PROPERTY DAMAGE $4 BILLION IN FLOOD DAMAGES IN 2019 Tennessee: 15% of properties at risk Mississippi: 22% of properties at risk Georgia: 12% of properties at risk Alabama: 17% of properties at risk ASK AFS WHAT STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM DAMAGING FLOODWATERS. AAFS Source: A Groundworks Company AFSrepair.com/resources/what-is-in-floodwaters