Page 9 - Arkansas 811 Magazine 2018 Issue 4

He added that in modern times, bottled the worlrers in the immediate area it a main damage. while directional lioring
water is frequently suhstituted fur stukz occurs. is considered a sater digging technique
boiling water, but that comes with . . than open trenching with hard shovels.
. But clean dnnlung water is the only . . ,
additional hassles and financlal cost . . . , , its only sater when it s done properly.
utility that is ccitical to everyone s

The malozity ui lioil orders in Arkansas survival. And there's no excuse tor The use of potholing 7 a technique that
are issued due to the ground shitting cutting uff that supply due to careless uses vacuum excavation or hand tools
or aging intrastructure. He thinks excavation practices. lt costs thousands to dig small holes along the excavation
somewhere lietween a third and a or dollars and wastes thousands ui path to get a positive visual on existing
iounh ui the lioil orders are due to gallons ui otherwise potalile water to utilities 7 is the gold-standard way
excavators accidentally damaging to prevent damage to all existing
underground intrastructure And those . . . \\ 1 I(‘ I l I 1 I1 I I underground facilities when horing.
numliers really add up. . _ As utility rights-ui-way continue to

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‘A smaller percentage of the boll _ _ hm“ can mm mm 2
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related activity, although it's not at all i , or course, calling 811 or going oriline
unmmmun. Even itits as law as 20 (In H]; mt‘ 1 11) | | | to l1rklmeL‘11lI.L'alu should lie the iirst
percent. that's still a lnl," he said. N ' . . tool in every 2xcavaIDr'.~' toolbox, and

. , <-.\( . I \ . I I li I I l, uslng techniques such white lining
‘’"‘‘‘° *‘’"‘E “‘“““$’“ °°‘“’ "‘ the wink area to hel locators identit
situations where a contractor (\ \ (i .‘ 1)‘ (I \ ‘. P ’ V
. . I I the wurksltz goes a long way toward
inadvertently disturhs a water line, a lot r i . _ _
- cutting down on costly damages

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Frequently in excavation, more ‘ I I i (_ } “"““““‘°“ ‘“" "” ‘Y "“"' " °V'
attention is paid to natural gas or I ‘~ "We all have to work together on
electiic lines in the area 7 which can flush mg “M 7 and mm me! the this, since we all use the same utility
cause an immediate risk to worlcersit cm In Rpm mg W? M” easements," lets said. ”And call ‘
damaged. water is Dflen seen as less laetore You Dig has helped a lot, its a

ot a damage prevention priority due Iett said directional boring operations wondei-tul thing to prevent damage." .
to the heliet of the relative safety to are a signiticant contriliutor to water

Work Safe - Go Home Safe V'VAX
Always call 811 before you dig |V|E'|'fiD'|'Ec|-|
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