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INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU EXCAVATE!

What is BLUE STAKE?
Arizona Blue Stake was established as a one-call notification system by underground facility owners to assist excavators with the statutory requirements to notify underground facility owners prior to excavation. This damage prevention service is provided free of charge at www.azbluestake.com to any individual or company planning to excavate.

By participating in the program and getting underground facilities located, you can:

Comply with State law
Avoid injuries
Prevent costly damages and interruptions of facility services
Save time and money
Avoid hazards
Eliminate construction delays

SPECIFIC COLOR	FACILITY TYPE
SAFETY RED	ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION
HIGH VISIBILITY SAFETY YELLOW	GAS AND OIL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION; DANGEROUS MATERIALS; PODUCT LINES
SAFETY ALERT ORANGE	TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEM; CABLE TELEVISION
SAFETY PRECAUTION BLUE	WATER SYSTEM; SLURRY PIPELINES
SAFETY GREEN	SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS
PURPLE	RECLAIMED WATER (effective 10/30/01)

70% of the earth's surface is covered with water. 97% is made up of salt water with other minerals, humans cannot drink this water. The salt could be removed, it is a difficult and expensive process. 2% of the water is glacier ice at the North and South Poles. This is fresh water and could be consumed if melted. Less than 1% of all the water on earth is fresh water that we can use.

Our state, Arizona is 114,000 square miles of this 492 square miles are made up of water, 0.4% of our state.

The state with the most percent of water is Rhode Island. The state is 1,212 square miles and 158 square miles of water, or 13%. New Mexico is the only state with less water than Arizona, 121,593 square miles and only 258 square miles of water or 0.2%. Arizona is 114,000 square miles and 492 square miles of water or 0.4%.