Officials held a demonstration in Pico Rivera designed to caution people planning to build, or even just landscaping a yard, to take precautions to not hit the pipelines while digging.
The consequences range from serious injury to property damage to the loss of utility service, official said.
If planning work, officials urged customers to call Underground Service Alert at 811 at least two working days before excavating. The service coordinates with SoCalGas and other utility owners in the area to mark the locations of buried utility-owned lines.Here are some tips from SoCalGas for “before you dig”:– Call underground Service Alert at 811 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday or submit a location request online at call811.
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