Call 811 Before You Dig!
Positive Response
Positive Response is mandated under Colorado State law, to be provided by the underground facility owner to the excavator requesting the locate request.
Web Ticket Entry (WTE)
Web Ticket Entry allows any authorized user to process Colorado 811 locate ticket requests online with full mapping capabilities.
Positive Response
Positive Response is mandated under Colorado State law, to be provided by the underground facility owner to the excavator requesting the locate request.
Web Ticket Entry (WTE)
Web Ticket Entry allows any authorized user to process Colorado 811 locate ticket requests online with full mapping capabilities.
How Colorado 811 Works
Everything You Need to Know
Quick Links
Colorado 811 does not provide locate services. Locate services are provided by the Underground Facility Owner or its agents who are independent of Colorado 811. Colorado 811 only provides notice of intended excavations to the Underground Facility Owners. The Underground Facility Owners will only locate the utilities they own and maintain to the meter or demarcation point. Everything on the backside of the meter or demarcation point is privately owned by the property owner.
Colorado Revised Statutes 2022 TITLE 9 SAFETY – INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT ARTICLE 1.5
Liaisons provide community support to Colorado 811 damage prevention stakeholders. They give safety presentations (Safe Digging Practices, Understanding the Law, Best Practices and more), Web Ticket Entry classes, speak at Toolbox Talks, and they attend community events to raise awareness of 811 and safe digging. Contact your local Damage Prevention Liaison if you are in need of any of these free services.
On May 25, 2018, Governor Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 18-167 into law. This bill included the creation of the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission (Safety Commission), effective August 8, 2018.
In order to assist in preventing damage to underground facilities, the Safety Commission is charged with the following tasks:
- Making recommendations regarding:
- Best practices and training
- Policies to enhance public safety
- Policies to improve efficiency and cost savings to the 811 program
- Reviewing complaints of alleged violations and ordering appropriate remedial action/penalties.
CO811 Educational Resources
Learn more about Colorado 811
Professional Excavator Ticket Attachment Videos (4)
Update Lite
The Colorado 811 “UPDATE LITE” program is available to anyone that has processed a location request through Colorado 811 in the past 30 calendar days.
