LOCATE YOUR LINES BEFORE DISTURBING ANY GROUND!

Click Before You Dig – Utility SAFETY PARTNERS (formerly Alberta One-Call)

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At this time of year, we see an increase in the number of hit lines as we all shake off our winter cobb webs and get outside to do some much needed land cleaning, planting and building.  This is a time when it is most critical to ensure you have your lines located if you plan on doing any ground disturbance.  Even shallow cultivation and excavation can result in hit lines of both power and natural gas. 

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There is inherent danger in disturbing the ground. In Alberta, hundreds of thousands of kilometres of buried cable and pipe deliver essential services like heat, electricity, water, cell service and internet communications. Utilities lie unseen just below the surfaces of our roads, fields, farms and our yards.

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It is mandatory that the locations of all buried utilities be marked before any ground disturbance begins.  This is required by Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code, the Alberta Electrical Utility Code, the Canada Energy Regulator’s Damage Prevention Regulations and the Alberta pipeline Regulation.  

 

Please note that Meota staff are required to abide by and follow these legislated requirements.   Meota staff are not permitted to complete any locates without a locate request through Utility Safety Partners.

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Meota’s lines are registered with Utility Safety Partners, however, there may be utilities on your property that we are unaware of, such as privately installed lines, secondary lines or customer-owned utilities (e.g. Water/sewer lines).  Additionally, any secondary line locates are not part of the locate request.  We are able to locate your secondary gas lines for a fee – provided there is tracer wire on those lines to allow us to locate them.

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