Call before you dig

Call before you dig

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Pick up the phone before the shovel

An underground utility line is damaged every six minutes because someone decided to start a digging project before they called 811.

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Our land is made up of a complex underground infrastructure of pipelines, wires, and cables.Dig-ins can cause injuries, disrupt service to an entire neighborhood, and result in fines and repair costs. So before you reach for the shovel, remember to call 811, the national call-before-you-dig number to ensure that buried utility lines are marked.

A call to 811 must be placed before every digging project, from simple landscaping projects like planting trees or shrubs, to building a deck or installing a rural mailbox.

Here's what happens when you call 811:


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