Remember. Call before you dig.

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For water and sewer line locates up to your property line call Airdrie Public Works 403-948-8415.

Please allow four days for location requests to be completed.

Homeowners and Contractors

Plan your work, call before you dig, expose facilities with your hands, use safe work practices and procedures. Both excavators and owners of buried facilities are responsible for preventing damage to underground facilities.

When planning to dig on your property, call first. Common projects include holes for new fence posts, plant trees, build garage pads or retaining walls.

• Although utility lines are supposed to be buried at approved depths, conditions can change. Some shallow utilities may be less than 300 mm (12 inches) below ground surface in residential areas.
• There may be secondary services (such as electrical, telephone or gas lines) located between your house and garage, which you, not the utility, own.
• Utility Rights of Way (URW) are becoming very common in urban areas. They are usually located across the front of residential properties. Your use of land within a URW is restricted.
• The City's responsibility for water and sewer services ends at your property line. You are responsible for locating services on your property and any maintenance or damage repairs.
• Make sure you know your rights - and your responsibilities when digging on your property.

Be safe. Locate.

Pipes, conduits, ducts, fibre optic lines and catchbasins carry many underground services including water, sewage, oil, gas, cable TV and electrical wires.

If you hit an underground facility while digging, you could cause injury to yourself and others including electrocution or toxic substance releases. Explosions and disruption of vital computer operations are possible.

There are financial penalties, costs to repair damage and possible court costs due to prosecution or litigation.

Other Information Sources

• Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB) pipeline records
• Alberta Transportation and Utilities low pressure gas distribution pipeline records
• Certificates of title for Rights of Way (ROW), and Utility Rights of Way (URW)
• Local landowners