When you run a new utility line, whether it be electrical, gas, water, sewer, or communications, you basically have two choices for where to put it: overhead strung across poles, or below the ground. Today we’re talking about that second one, subsurface utilities. What’s that Infrastructure is a series where we divulge and discover the manmade world around us, and below us too.

Always call 811 before you dig (or the equivalent outside the US).