Homeowner's Guide to Safe Digging in Nevada

HOW 811 WORKS 811 is a national number created by the Federal Homeowner’s Communications Commission to help protect homeowners and contractors from unintentionally hitting underground utility lines while working on Guide to digging projects. 811 is a free service. Public Utilities Commission of Nevada • CALL1 81 TWO FULL WORKING DAYS Safe Digging (Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.) before digging. In other words, call 811 no later than Wednesday if you plan to dig on the weekend. in Nevada • ONLINE REQUESTS for 811 services can be made at usanorth811.org. • TELL THE 811 OPERATOR where you plan to dig and the type of work you will be doing. • 811 WILL NOTIFY affected utility companies. • THE UTILITIES WILL SEND A LOCATOR to mark the approximate location of your buried utility lines, pipes and cables, or notify you if the buried lines are clear (more than 24" from the area where you plan to dig). • PRE-MARK YOUR DIG AREA in white (paint, flags, flour, etc.) to identify the appropriate area for the locator to mark. • THE LOCATORS WILL MARK the approximate location of underground lines using the color codes below. • DIG SAFELY! Color Code for Marking Excavation It’s free. It's easy. It’s the law. Sites & Underground Facilities NORTHERN NEVADA 1150 E. William Street Proposed Temporary Survey Carson City, NV 89701 Excavation Markings Phone: (775) 684-6101 Fax: (775) 684-6110 Gas, Oil, Steam Electric Chemical SOUTHERN NEVADA 9075 W. Diablo Dr., Ste. 250 Communication Las Vegas, NV 89148 Sewer Cable TV Phone: (702) 486-7210 Fax: (702) 486-7206 Reclaimed Water Irrigation Water Slurry puc.nv.gov ELECTRIC LINES WATER LINES SAFE DIGGING 101 • Main electric lines are generally buried in • Main water lines are generally buried under the Hitting an underground utility line while digging can conduit under or behind the sidewalk in a utility street. cause environmental damage, serious personal easement. • A utility locator will use blue paint to mark where injury and disrupt service to an entire neighborhood. • A utility locator will use red paint to mark where the water line runs from the main in the street the electric cable runs underground from the to a residential or commercial meter box, which IF YOU DAMAGE A UTILITY LINE sidewalk area to the meter on a house, usually is usually located in or behind the sidewalk, in Call 811 if you damage or make contact with a buried located on the side of the garage. the front and usually on the side property line utility line. Call the affected utility if you know which • The homeowner is responsible for knowing the of the home. type of line you damaged. If you break a natural gas location of electric lines that run from the meter • Water lines are homeowner and/or business line, move to a safe location, call 911 & your natural to other structures on the property. owner-owned from the meter box to the gas utility. Never attempt to control the gas flow or home or business. It is the make repairs to a gas line, or any homeowner and/or business utility line, if damage occurs. owner’s responsibility to know the water line's location SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS Solid lines indicate a gas, electric, on his property. • Dig slowly/carefully with communication, water, or sewer line owned, maintained and hand tools (i.e. shovel) when marked by a utility. SEWER LINES Utility gas, digging within 24" of utility • Main sewer lines generally marks to ensure adequate electric & communication run under the street & connect clearance & confirm the Dashed lines indicate a gas, lines. electric, water, or sewer line to a home through a line buried utility’s location. owned, maintained and marked running from the main to the • Never plant trees or other by a homeowner. center, front of the home. objects directly above Homeowner • Sewer lines are electric line. buried utility lines. homeowner-owned from the • Be careful when driving main to the home. It's the stakes into the ground for Homeowner gas line. homeowner's responsibility to tree or concrete supports know the sewer line's location Homeowner to avoid buried utilities. on his property. water line. • Contact the utility • A utility locator may paint a for instructions & Utility sewer line. Homeowner green "T" in the street to indicate questions regarding where the home's line connects sewer line. Utility water digging around a utility to the main line. line. line. • A utility locator may paint a green triangle to indicate that GAS LINES sewer lateral lines may exist in the • Gas main piping may area of the dig, but the triangle is be found in the street, not a designation of the lateral’s location. parkway, or right of way. COMMUNICATION LINES (PHONE/CABLE) • A utility locator may paint a green "S" on the • A utility locator will use yellow paint to mark • Main communication lines are generally buried curb to indicate the sewer line is located in that where the gas line runs underground from the under the sidewalk. approximate spot. street to the meter on a house, usually located • A utility locator will use orange paint to on the side of the garage. mark where the communication lines run If you don’t call 811 prior to digging • The homeowner is responsible for knowing the underground from the sidewalk to a house, and hit an underground utility line, you location of gas lines that run from the home's usually to the side of the garage. could potentially incur fines and be meter to other structures on the property, such responsible for repair costs! as to a BBQ or pool equipment. puc.nv.gov.

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