On 1 Jan 2009, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
On 2009-01-01, Bob L wrote:
"Wes" wrote...
"Bob La Londe" wrote:

Do not forget to call Blue Stake 1st. yes, even opn your own property.
Lots of states have statutes making your responsible for all damages if
you do not.

Any number of boring machines may do he job. Water boring if practical is
the least likely to cause damage to other utilities,drainages, etc.

Are we talking about "Miss Dig"?

Out west just about everybody uses Blue Stake. Sounds like Miss Dig may be
the same kind of agency.

And in the Washington DC vicinity, it is "MISS UTILITY" that you call.

They don't always get it marked *right*, but if they mark it and
you hit something following their markings, it is *their* fault, not
yours. :-)

Every state calls their underground utilities locating services
something different. But you ALWAYS call for a lookup. Even if you
are going to hand-dig around the utility lines, you still need to know
where they are.

Because you don't want a $100K bill for hitting that trunk telephone
cable, or $10M when you hit the oil pipeline and the burning oil flood
you started burns down three houses and a dozen cars...

Or worse, you don't want to be going to funerals when someone bores
into a 15KV power feeder that "isn't there". DAMHIKT to the max.

-- Bruce --