Ok, so I’ve talked to you already about dust, but it’s such an important topic, that I really want to drive home the harmful effects and exactly what kind of dust we are dealing with here.  Dust itself is a particulate matter that occurs naturally.  It comes primarily from soil.  However, the more dangerous type of dust, known as Fugitive Dust is a dust that gets suspended in the air by human activities.  This fugitive dust is the dust that contains the harmful products such as pollen, dangerous spores, tire remnants and car dusts.  The fugitive dust is the dust that is most harmful to us and to our environment.  Did you know that fugitive dust is in the air we breathe?  Sure, it’s dust, we breathe it, but do you know that fugitive dust contains things such as disease spores, asbestos, heavy metals and silica particles?  This fugitive dust is also the dust that is responsible for lower visibility rates when driving.  Think of LA and the smog.  It’s kind of like that-the dust storms that can stir up because of fugitive dust can lead to major traffic accidents on our roadways.  If all of those threats weren’t bad enough, fugitive dust also erodes the healthy soil that we need in order to grow healthy plants and vegetables for us to eat.  So, let’s have a small overview:  fugitive dust makes it harder for me to see when I’m driving, so I’m more likely to be in a possibly fatal car accident, fugitive dust makes me breathe in things like asbestos and disease spores, which put my lungs and life in danger and on top of all of that, fugitive dust is threatening the crops and the health of the fruits and vegetables that the crops yield?  So, this fugitive dust is dangerous for my sight, my breathing, my driving and my eating?  Yep, that’s right.  Fugitive dust is more than just a nuisance–it’s a real danger and a serious threat to all of us.

So, now that you hopefully have a better understanding of the dangers of this fugitive dust, I can help to give you ways of how you and your business can help us to alleviate this dangerous problem.  The best way is for you to have an active Fugitive Dust Prevention Plan in action for your business.  I know that may seem like a lot of work, but it really is quite simple, especially if you contact Watt Commercial Sweeping, Inc.  who can actually work with you to design a specific Fugitive Dust Prevention Plan that will not only work for your business, but show you care about the environment.  Regardless of the type of parking structure that your business has, be it single level, a parking deck, or even an underground parking facility, the best way to make your facilities as safe as possible for your patrons and to reduce your long-term maintenance costs down is with routine sweeping practices.

Choosing the right sweeping and parking maintenance company is key to truly help with fugitive dust.  Improper or ill-maintained sweeping equipment will actually not help clean up the micro particles of fugitive dust, but will spread them, dirty vehicles in your lot and recycle the particles into the air for people to breathe.  The appearance of your parking lots and structures is obviously going to be one of your main concerns when hiring a professional sweeping company, but appearances are only one tiny part of what goes into true lot maintenance and cleaning.  The most benefit you will see in the long run of using a sweeping service with the proper experience and equipment, such as Watt Commercial Sweeping, Inc., is the economic benefits for your company.  It may seem like since you are paying upfront for sweeping services that you are adding money to your budget, but it is quite the opposite.  Proper routine sweeping helps to keep your parking surfaces and parking structures more sound and help them last longer and keep them looking their best for a longer amount of time.  The abrasive particles that are left on your parking surfaces without a Fugitive Dust Prevention Plan will slowly cause cracks in your surfaces.  The cracks are made worse and deeper and more dangerous by the infiltration of water that is let in and then your parking surface not only will create more dust from the damage, but the damage will lead to extremely costly repairs for your business.  Watt Commercial Sweeping, Inc. has the proper training and equipment to not just add to the problem of fugitive dust, but to help your business reduce its dangerous effects on the environment with our state of the art, dust controlled and highly efficient dust filtration sweeping trucks.  For Watt Commercial Sweeping, Inc.  it isn’t just about getting the job done.  It’s about getting the job done right.  Call us today and let us show you the Watt difference and exactly how it can help you, your business, your employees, your patrons and even the environment!