When a Georgia storm stalls over the area or the tail of a tropical system rolls through, the runoff can come up fast. Smyrna sits near Nickajack Creek and the Chattahoochee corridor, and low crossings, creeks, and overwhelmed storm drains can push flood water into homes and businesses in a hurry. Storm and flood water is not a clean spill, it carries mud, lawn chemicals, and whatever it picked up on the way in, so it is handled as contaminated Category 3 water.
What makes flood water different
- It is contaminated, so porous materials it soaked usually cannot be saved
- It arrives with mud and silt that has to be removed, not just extracted
- It rises fast in a flash flood and can affect a whole ground floor
- It needs disinfecting, not just drying, to make the space safe
This is different from a clean basement flood from an inside source, and it needs the extra safety steps that come with contaminated water, closer to sewage cleanup in how carefully it is handled.
Our storm and flood response
- Extract flood water and shovel out mud and silt
- Remove contaminated porous materials that cannot be saved
- Clean and disinfect the structure and everything staying
- Dry the framing, slab, and cavities to a verified reading
- Document the loss thoroughly for your claim
Flood water in your home or business? Stay out of it if you can and get a Smyrna crew moving now.
Call (678) 679-460824/7 Smyrna dispatchStay safe in flood water
- Do not walk or drive through moving flood water
- Keep clear of outlets and the panel in a flooded room
- Wear boots and gloves if you must enter, and wash up after
The CDC flood water safety explains why flood water needs extra care, and the EPA flood cleanup guidance covers safe cleanup. Our work follows the standards published by the IICRC.
Category 3 is handled differently
Flood and storm water is treated as contaminated, so more porous materials come out and the space is disinfected, not just dried. It is the safe way to make a flooded home livable again.
A fast moving storm put water and mud through our lower level before we could do anything. They pumped it out, hauled the ruined materials, disinfected everything, and dried it down. They treated it like the contaminated water it was, which we appreciated.
Hector V. · Nickajack · September 2026
