April 18, 2008

• Learning Something New

  Have you ever walked down the street and seen spray painted marks on the ground? I have and I know they had something to do with utilities but I never knew what the colors meant until today. In with my gas bill the monthly news letter that comes with it had this information:

  Utility employees will mark the ground over their underground utility with colored paint, stakes, or flags. The marks show the location and the path of the utility. The marks for your site will depend on which utilities are in  your neighborhood.

  Red = Electric

  Yellow = Gas, Oil, Fuel

  Orange = Cable, TV, Phone

  Blue = Drinking Water

  Green = Sewer (phew)

  Purple = Non-drinking water

  Pink = Survey Marks

  White = Excavator Marks

  

   

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