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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)

If you were a swimming pool builder you would have to build a pool that was 267 feet long, 50 feet wide and 10 feet deep. Now that's a lot of water!

How much does a million gallons of water weigh?
At 8.34 pounds per gallon a million gallons weighs in at 8,300,000 pounds.

by the way:
1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 128 ounces = 231 cubic inches

1 liter = 0.2642 gallons = 1.0568 quart = 61.02 cubic inches

1 million gallons = 3.069 acre feet = 133,685.64 cubic feet

wow!

How much water does it take to grow/produce a "serving" of each item?
French Fries - 6 gallons (not super sized!)
Hamburger - 1,300 gallons
1 Egg - 120 gallons
Lettuce - 6 gallons
Watermelon - 100 gallons