Private Utility Locating

JULIE, Inc. (the rest of Illinois)

3275 Executive Drive, Joliet, IL 60431

800-892-0123

Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators (JULIE) is a not-for-profit corporation that provides contractors, excavators, homeowners, and others who may be disturbing the earth, with a free service through a single toll-free phone number (1-800-892-0123) to call for the locating and marking of underground utility facilities. JULIE services the entire state of Illinois, except the city limits of Chicago. If digging inside the Chicago city limits, please contact DIGGER at 312-744-7000.

DIGGER (Chicago area)

Department of Transportation

Bureau of Inspections

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1101, Chicago, IL 60602

312-744-7000

All non-emergency penetration/excavation requires a forty-eight (48) hour minimum prior notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) to the Chicago Utility Alert Network (Digger) 312-744-7000. Digger is a twenty-four (24) hour service network system established to prevent contractors and private citizens from hitting any existing utility line(s) when digging. Those interested in digging in Chicago, must first call Digger and provide information that will be transmitted electronically to all participating utility members.

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.