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lllake weindoir, dlmclol of dislributinn

for Central Aikan.-as Water, the .‘

state's largest water system, says he '

lakes ihis mission very senoiisly. His .

division oveisees ihe eon.-inieiion and '

inainienanee of oyei 2500 miles ui pipe - '

incenlialAikansas. ‘ -F - -

Helping CAWlo aeeoniplishilssaiely ‘ _ V _ ", ‘

goals is Aikansas 811. They piovide an ' . V .' , » ' "

eiaeieni way fnrsxcavalols ID noliiy ' _ ;l,- ‘ ‘ l_,z I-es «
iniilhple iiiililies beioie digging wiih — i - xv ~

iiisl one frze phone eall and is a vilal " . . -
iesaineeloi l3lake's team as ihey work ‘; . ‘, . >_ sir. , ‘
io niainiain and pioieci ihe quality of ‘ ‘ -— 2 f

walei and waiei szrvlcrs of so inany in _ _ — " ’f ,_ ‘E J " -;

iheslale. " ’ "_ ’ — ’ .
lllake iepoi-is lhai CAW is called to fix V » 5

aioiind em) overall Wale! inain bieaks . - ‘

each year, wiih nppmxirnatzly loo —

being eaii.-ed by eonliaeiois and 500

being sponianeniis. ”ll is czllical fol’ iis

io be able (0 excavate saiely aioiind

Du! inains, biii ilis also czllical fol’ V _ ‘

oiheis so ihey dofllcausie additional ‘ , ‘ "- , , '_‘v e I v

bieaks." Aikansas 811 helps CAW by g . V ‘ ' . - _~ 4"
coniiniinicalingwilh olheiiiiililies \ - .~ , -1 ‘
Iolocatethzizlinesbeforewatzrlinz ' y - V T ":.‘ 2:____ >

iepaiis Iakeplane,bulARB1] also _k_"_l I’ J 71‘ .' i" . . i. .l.. “'
pmvid2.~'ngre2ll~'2rvi(EloCAWby ‘ ‘, v‘ ~: ~ , ‘

helping pieveni breaks io CAW’- lines - ‘ ‘ ‘on ‘ 5

aswell. 1'-_'. . .-“ I '1' ’, ‘

when asked what kinds ii: . ». .— .3 ._ -‘ W .
exeayalionshayeiheinoslpoienaial g ’;;_._..- ~<_.\i_l A “,‘:/‘,‘i>:V‘§ ;iV'.3_! _-

fol contnmlnarion, Blake repurled, . ‘9f~-' 3“"- !""ii- ‘.,' g ti*¢j»i- V

"Cunlamimltiun is oiien caused when . 5 1, ,,; «.,‘ :75" i , . , ,
diggingaionndiheeinssing olasewei Rgfs-g ‘...,,"N£L7g _»_.‘_Y!1’\‘v’_.§v,\~~: . :~.:s.,- g g Q

niain. If Lheie is an aecidenlal breach r‘ _-z _. ‘I 1"," : ;<‘;‘,v;{': ' V - i‘ «V. ’
oraseweiline when we aie iepainng _::'»-" ‘ .‘ ,,{.-;_.».;::kn§,¢-_i;\’§‘ ' , ~33 ;‘o'=_ A- 4,. up, , :;,.;.‘_q.' 1,
awaieiline, iheieis an iininediaieboil V".Ez--;'i:L.,.f§:T ’-V ' ;1"~ R; " __. ,_-V T . .
oideiihal goes oiil." This is what lllake ,2: ' V . ‘ V ;s»"_-,' . 1:4

and hi.-ieain wurk haidioayoid ‘ .-_~,__ -ii. j’.u- V - - ;_ ?\“._:_:‘v"’:!‘|,*y:Y',‘i{_{‘v“ ';_.'{,:;.._i; _‘ e_ -
"Belng able iofixoiii iaeiliiies wlule ’ ‘I; . " 5:, ‘ jug. ' ‘- . ‘

at he saine nine noi damaglng :,,.«§~- ‘ ls’: jg->3,‘ A ‘V 3'

anything aioiindiheniiseniieal." gyf; i»;,r,.. ’_,;_‘ .'_y.,;‘i . .?i i_, ‘.

And nol always as easy as ii inighl pine j-_. £5: ‘i',—;.5._ -' '. ,< l y _
sound. sometimes iibei Dptlc lines -" l‘ v‘ " ' "' ' = “ - ' —— i
may be nieie inohes away flom CAW’- niiiiiyls M ll>vlmf1mlmc< /lVA‘H)OV4‘NMH ml lll(YWY/CUILWLY.‘ VlH‘ll5Mll1l‘W, thilvllleaimit to an (v5rMCAW's 01AM/lllovli mm
hue." time my thing W2 do 0,, H mm iiiai, mail-iiiiisi .-nail 1l*lllNll)fll‘(f§ MA‘ym]IHl(llIltyt)/ Ml‘ isa

bieak is in eall 811 " Ariei ihe utilities

have been marked, CAW goes in with aie inandaied by ihe health depannieni beioie ihey have io pin cm! a bail oidei on
baekhoes and digs wllhin 18 inches all the waien lliii we Can't dig legally until we have the iiiililies luCat2d—we ean slan
of the loeaie niaiks and ihen move mubilizing, biii ihai is all.” so needless to say, Aikansas 811 helps to facilitate Central
loiwaid digging by hand to avoid any Aikansas Water and Blake's ieani as ihey work tn pioleel lheii eiisloineis waiei
aeeidenis ’’It‘s a safety-sensitlvz issiie supply by inaking iepaiis in a iiniely inannen

3"“ W‘ h"‘’“ ‘° d” °“’ d“° ‘m‘g‘“°‘ H Aceoiding tn Fieshwalei Watch, a global CDl'nl‘n|lnlI’y of eiiizen seienlisis who help
when going oiii an a break, Blake says, pioinole iaeshwaiei suslalnability, ~l-liiinans can sinviye wilhoiii food fDr iip to a
"Attulflty and liineliness aie lhe two inanih, biii wilhoiii diinking waiei, siiiviyal is liniiled in a niaiiei of days.” Aikansas
biggies. It is essennal loi U3‘ (El gei iiiii 811 and C2nI'ralArkal1~'a.~' waiei work hand-in-hand lb help pioieei ihe Wale! siipply,
iheie in a iiinely niannei when there is lakes and waiei shed speclfically by iising sate excavation practices. W

a bieak. we have iinie slandaids. Some

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