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Glossary/Private Utility Locating

Private Utility Locating

Finding and marking the buried lines a one-call ticket does not cover — everything on the property owner's side of the meter, plus lines no utility owns or maps at all.

A private locator is hired by the property owner rather than by a utility, and sweeps the whole site instead of one company's assets. That means water, gas, and electrical services past the meter, site lighting and sign circuits, irrigation mains and valves, sewer and septic laterals, campus and industrial distribution between buildings, and the abandoned runs left by previous owners. It complements one-call rather than replacing it: file the ticket first, because it is free and required by law, then bring in a private locator for the rest of the site.

Related Terms

  • Utility Locating
  • One-Call
  • 811 (One-Call System)
  • Electromagnetic Locator
  • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
  • Sweep
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