In October 1995, the One-Call Notification System Act was passed into law. This law requires that owners and operators of underground utilities join the statewide one-call notification center.

The one-call center is designed to protect underground utilities, as well as excavators, by notifying all area utilities when a proposed excavation is to occur. Nebraska's one-call notification center is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and is referred to as Diggers Hotline of Nebraska .

When Diggers Hotline is notified of an intent to dig, they will inform the caller of all the utility companies that will be notified. Utility companies are notified for the purpose of marking their utility to prevent any damage to that utility. Typically, Diggers Hotline will notify Aquila, Time Warner Cablevision, Great Plains Locating Service (for marking Alltel's phone lines), and Lincoln Utilities within the Lincoln area.

When Lincoln Utilities are notified, which includes Lincoln Electric System and the City of Lincoln utilities, the City of Lincoln will locate for water, wastewater, storm sewer, traffic signals and downtown ornamental lighting, and sprinkler systems. The water and wastewater mains throughout the City of Lincoln are owned by the City. However, the water and wastewater (sewer) service lines are owned by the property owner and are not the City's responsibility to locate and mark. As a convenience to the customer, as well as protect the water connection to the main, Lincoln Water System will mark the property's water stop box and service line.

Calling Diggers Hotline of Nebraska before digging is easy and free. Calling costs nothing but a few minutes of your time and may save you money and your life. Call statewide 1-800-331-5666.

For complete information on this topic or to make a locate request, please visit Diggers Hotline of Nebraska website.

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