What is a pink utility flag mean?

Pink: Temporary survey markings. Purple: Reclaimed water, irrigation, and slurry lines. Red: Electric power lines, cables, conduit, and lightning cables. White: Proposed excavation. Yellow: Gas, oil, steam, and petroleum and gaseous materials.

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Utility companies use temporary colored flags to designate where underground utilities are located. The purpose is to avoid accidents and disruption in services when anyone is working on or close to buried utilities. The flags are placed by utility companies by request when work is being planned in any particular area. The American Public Works Association, non-profit professional association, created a uniform color code for utility companies, both public and private. The colors have become the standard across the industries.

The meanings assigned to flag colors include the following:

Blue: Potable, or drinkable, water

Green: Sewers and drain lines

Orange: Communication, alarm or signal lines, and cables or conduit

Purple: Reclaimed water, irrigation, and slurry lines

Red: Electric power lines, cables, conduit, and lightning cables

White: Proposed excavation

Yellow: Gas, oil, steam, and petroleum and gaseous materials

The name, initials, or the logo of the company that owns or services the lines may be imprinted on the flags. Once flags have been placed, paint or chalk is used to mark the ground to indicate the route of the buried facilities. When an excavation is being planned, it is normal for businesses to contact utilities so that buried facilities can be located and identified. Homeowners and occupants are also required to notify utilities before excavating their property by calling 811. That number is a federally designated “call before you dig” number for use by professionals and homeowners.

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What color is toxic?

Other harmful colors include fluorescent radium green, arsenic green, and uranium orange. All of these colors were prized for their pure, strong hues. It took decades or centuries for people to discover the harmful properties of these pigments, and by then the damage had already been done.

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Our world is filled with dangers, but we don't expect one of those dangers to be a color. And yet, some of the dyes and paints we've used on our walls, fabrics, and other possessions over the years have been as harmful as they are colorful. In this brilliantly animated video, Ted-Ed walks us through some of the deadliest colors in history:

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Perhaps the most famous of the deadly colors is white lead, which can still be found in houses across the country. Lead paint was desirable for centuries due to its brilliant white color, but the adverse effects of lead poisoning only became known in the last century. Lead paint was banned by most countries, but some homes built before the ban still have dangerous lead paint. Other harmful colors include fluorescent radium green, arsenic green, and uranium orange. All of these colors were prized for their pure, strong hues. It took decades or centuries for people to discover the harmful properties of these pigments, and by then the damage had already been done.

Hopefully there are no more left.

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