One-Call and private utilities
Miss Utility of Delmarv
7223 Parkway Drive, Suite 100, Hanover, Maryland 21076
800-257-7777
Miss Utility is your partner when it comes to safe digging! Having a variety of utility services could mean you have lines and pipes running underground do you know where they are? If you plan on any type of excavation or digging on your property, Miss Utility can help. Miss Utility is a one-call notification center that informs subscribing facility/utility owners of proposed excavation. So, if you plan to install a new mailbox or plant a garden, contact the Miss Utility Call Center at least (48) business hours in Maryland and the District of Columbia and two full working days in Delaware (excluding weekends and legal holidays) prior to your intended digging. We will notify our member facility/utility owners of your proposed plans to dig; they in turn will locate (mark your dig site or verify the site is clear) before you put that shovel in the ground.
The One-Call System will not mark private or non-member utilities. The utility locating companies notified by your state One-Call system will locate and mark only primary public utilities, so it's up to you to keep track of what else is on your own property.
Private Utilities are the buried lines after the meter or main lines. If you have a curbside meter then your property will not get marked by One-Call locators. Other buried utilities that generally are not marked by One-Call include but are not limited to: sewer lines, private lighting, sprinklers, fire mains, secondary electric lines to detached garages, and septic lines.