Homeowners

SewerAlarm is a patented sewage backup detection device designed to alert you before wastewater backs up into your home.

Why SewerAlarm

  • Prevent costly repairs from catastrophic sewage backup in your home

  • Protect your family from potentially hazardous health effects

  • General home insurance doesn’t cover sewage backups (this is a separate rider a homeowner must ask for)

  • Easy to install for any licensed plumber or sewer line cleaning service

SewerAlarm installs directly onto the basement waste line of the property

The detection device is equipped with patented technology. If it is triggered by wastewater in the sewer line, it will sound an audible alarm as well as send a text message or email to the homeowner and a service provider.

SewerAlarm Features

Why do Backups Happen?

AGING
SEWER SYSTEMS 

TREE
ROOTS 

COMBINED
PIPELINES 

SANITARY MAIN BLOCKAGES 

When a backup condition is detected, SewerAlarm will notify you by:

• Audible alarm

• Text/email to you and your plumber/sewer line clean out service

• Alert from home security system (if connected)

Homeowner Next Steps:

• Stop using all water in your home

• Contact your plumber/sewer clean out service immediately to resolve

Untreated sewage contains disease-causing organisms such as bacteria, viruses and parasites.

Contact with contaminated water can cause skin infections and rashes… these contaminants can cause nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. Respiratory infections and allergic reactions may also result from inhaling associated airborne microorganisms.*

The drying out process can take several weeks in an enclosed area such as a basement or crawl space, and growth of microorganisms will continue as long as the humidity remains high. If the damaged area is not cleaned and dried out properly, a musty odor, signifying the continued growth of microorganisms, can remain long after the sewage overflow.*

Sources: *Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment