Marking Private Utilities for Ting Fiber Internet Construction

What are private utilities?

Private utilities refer to the utility services not owned by public utility companies that run beyond the service meter. Public utilities are owned by water companies, electric companies, telecommunication providers, etc.

If you are a property owner, you likely have unmarked, underground private utility lines. Some examples of underground utilities that may be hidden on your property are:

Sprinkler and irrigation lines
Invisible pet fences
Lights or signs on the property
Buried storage tanks and lines, including fuel tanks and water discharge tanks
Electrical lines going out to sheds or secondary buildings
Sewer and septic tanks, systems, and piping
Security cameras
Automatic gates, parking kiosks
Gas lines to BBQ or pool heaters

Doesn't Ting mark utilities?

Before any digging takes place, a utility marking service will mark out underground public utilities (water, gas, electric) with paint or locate flags in and near the public right-of-way. Utility service providers only own and have information about their public lines.

Attention

Homeowners are responsible for marking any additional lines on their property near the public right-of-way

Before we even think of laying fiber, we want to know what's underground, to avoid damage to your utilities. This is done through a process called locates, or marking utilities.

🏢 Public locates

We will submit a request through 811.
Utility companies will come out and mark their lines (water, electric, gas, sewer, etc.) with paint or small flags.
It's important to not disrupt the flags or paint to avoid damages.
paint is temporary and will fade.

🔒 Private locates

If you're signing up for fiber, or already scheduled your appointment, you'll want to mark your utilities.
Private locates are for items such as sprinklers, septic systems, invisible fencing and more.
To prevent damages, mark your private utilities before we start construction.
We are unable to mark these for you.

Each utility type that is located will be marked with a different color:

Ting fiber technician in front of a handhole where a fiber mainline is accessible. Public utilities have been marked with pain on the sidewalk and lawn.

Red: Electric

Yellow: Gas, oil, steam

Blue: Potable water

Green: Sewer/drainage

Orange: Communication lines (Ting)

Purple: Reclaimed water

Pink: Survey marks

White: Proposed excavation

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