Utility lines for electricity, phone, cable TV and many others are increasingly being buried underground, making repairs to water pipelines more and more complicated. While putting lines in the ground offers aesthetic improvements and helps protect utilities from storms, it means there are countless obstacles for utilities and contractors doing underground work.
Statistics show that on average there are more than 300,000 incidents each year related to utilities being struck during repairs and installation of new services in the water and wastewater industry. These incidents cost millions of dollars in lost time, damages, loss of service and loss of fire suppression
