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An opinion poll captures what a group of visitors chose to say on a given day. They chose to answer on their own. Nobody checked their claims or whether they described the same kind of loss. Nobody weighted the answers by experience. That makes polls useful for seeing attitudes and common worries. But they are poor at showing how often something happens in real life. When you see a lopsided result, ask why the people who answered might lean that way. Someone who had a bad experience with a contractor is more likely to vote. Someone whose job went smoothly may have simply forgotten about it.
A sourced number comes from a named group with a stated method. That might be a public health agency, an insurance industry group, or a standards group. It answers a narrower question with far more care. You can trace it back and read the fine print. On this site, the numbers in the By the numbers sections are sourced and cited. They are kept apart from anything visitors vote on. When the two disagree, treat the poll as a way to start a talk. Treat the number as the thing you would repeat to an adjuster or a judge.
Visitors to this page are not a random sample of everyone who deals with feces & bodily fluid cleanup. People arrive here because they are planning, worried or curious, so the mix of answers can lean toward whoever was searching that week. Watch the vote count under each poll before you draw a conclusion, and compare what people think with the sourced figures below.
EPA estimates there are at least 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflows per year in the US, not counting sewage backups into buildings.
Read with care: Building backups are excluded, so household sewage events are additional.
Source: US EPA (2026)United States, municipal systems
Norovirus causes 19 to 21 million illnesses in the United States each year.
Read with care: Modeled estimate; most cases are never lab-confirmed.
Source: CDC (2024)United States, annual estimate
EPA's report to Congress estimated total sanitary sewer overflow volume at between 3 and 10 billion gallons of untreated sewage per year.
Read with care: Two-decade-old estimate with wide uncertainty.
Source: US EPA (2004)United States, national extrapolation
These figures are public research and agency data, not this network's own job records. Keep each number with its population, year and limits; none of them predicts cost, timing or outcome at a specific property.
Each poll shows the share of total responses that chose each option. When you vote, your answer is added to the running total and the percentages update. Results reflect everyone who has answered so far, not a random or representative sample. Small differences between options usually do not mean much, especially early on when only a few people have voted.
New votes arrive over time, so the percentages shift as more people answer. Early results can swing widely because a handful of responses carry a lot of weight. As more people vote, results tend to settle. A result that looks surprising today may look different in a few weeks, which is one reason to treat any single snapshot with caution.
Treat popular answers as prompts for questions rather than demands. If many voters found disposal fees confusing, ask the crew to explain that line on your quote. If many regretted not checking beneath flooring for soaked padding or subfloor staining, ask how the crew will inspect those layers. The crew's explanation for your specific home still matters more than the crowd's view.
Polls on this site do not ask for your name, email, or address to vote. Results are shown only as totals, so no one can see how an individual answered. Your browser may remember that you voted so the page can show results, but that record stays on your device. Avoid putting personal details into any free-text field if one appears.
No. The polls only show what the people who chose to answer went through or prefer. Those voters may have had unusually good or bad results. Polls cannot judge how deep the mess went in your carpet, padding, or mattress. They cannot tell you what your insurance covers or what local rules require. For those calls, rely on a qualified company's inspection and your own records.
Some topics draw more readers than others. Newer polls have also had less time to collect answers. A poll about a common problem, like a toilet overflow, may get more votes than one about a rarer setting. With fewer votes, each answer moves the percentages more. So read results with few votes extra carefully. Look at the overall pattern, not the exact numbers.
On most polls, results appear after you vote so earlier answers do not sway your own. If you would rather not vote on a question that does not apply to you, you can skip it. Honest answers make results more useful for the next reader, so choose the option closest to your real experience rather than the one you think sounds best.
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