Call Before You Dig

Call Before You Dig Clearinghouse and Homeowners

The Central Clearinghouse receives the notifications from the excavators and relays the notice to the owners of the underground facilities in the area of the proposed excavation. Homeowners must comply with CBYD rules .

CBYD Color Codes and Surface Markings

Certain colors are designated for certain underground utilities and certain underground facilities are marked using certain symbols.

Call Before You Dig

Call Before You Dig (CBYD) is a program established to protect the public safety with regard to excavations near underground facilities by providing a communications link between excavators, public agencies, and public utilities.

Call Before You Dig Monitoring and Enforcement

How PURA monitors and enforces the CBYD program, including damage statistics and civil penalties assessed and collected.

Call Before You Dig Current Provisions

information about calling before excavating, register underground facilities, emergency excavation, reporting damage and education.

Call Before You Dig History

In 1977, the Department of Public Utility Control sponsored legislation to establish a mandatory, state-wide one-call system.