Local Lowe’s Stores Team
with MLGW for Safety Awareness Campaign
Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Lowe’s Home Improvement Stores in Shelby County
are teaming up to promote natural gas safety awareness, gas leak response and
“Call 811 Before You Dig” on Friday, November 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The gas
safety day is in preparation for the upcoming winter heating season as well as
any digging homeowners and contractors may engage in and the Call 811 Before You
Dig requirement.
On MLGW’s Natural Gas
Safety Awareness Day, November 20, the Division’s Gas Engineering employees and
MLGW volunteers will staff display tables at several Lowe’s locations to provide
information and brochures on natural gas safety, leak awareness and response,
gas pipeline safety and more. The Call 811 Before You Dig law relates to any
digging, excavating, landscaping and gardening, and home or business
construction projects that Shelby County residents and local contractors
undertake. Natural gas safety and leak awareness are especially relevant in the
fall and winter as many homeowners and contractors prepare furnaces for winter
heating and inspect gas appliances for safety. MLGW representatives will share
information about:
- What do to in the event of a natural gas leak in a home or business
- How to recognize a gas pipeline leak
- How to recognize transmission pipeline markers
- Pipeline purpose and reliability
- Awareness of hazards and prevention measures
- Damage prevention awareness
- One-call requirements for transmission pipelines and/or home or business excavations
Below is a list of
participating Lowe’s locations:
- 430 Germantown Parkway, Cordova, TN
- 585 N. Perkins Road, Memphis, TN
- 8490 Highway 51 North, Millington, TN
- 8300 Highway 64, Bartlett, TN
- 425 New Byhalia Road, Collierville, TN
- 7895 Winchester Road, Memphis, TN
More natural gas safety
information can be found on MLGW’s website at www.mlgw.com. For
more information about Tennessee One Call, visit www.tennessee811.com.
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