Gas Department

207 S. Duke Street

LaFayette, Georgia 30728

Phone:   (706) 639-1511

Fax:   (706) 638-1872

Superintendent Rod Robertson

The Gas Department is responsible for maintenance and construction of gas service to more than 2,400 customers.  The Gas Department team installs new natural gas services and mains, along with maintaining existing services in the city and Walker County, whose residents are within main extension capabilities.

The Gas Department strives to comply with pipeline safety regulations through use of cathodic protection and leak surveys.  The department is associated with the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia, Southern Natural Gas and American Public Gas Association.

The department participates in a water heater exchange program.   New and existing city natural gas customers can exchange their electric water heater for a gas water heater free of charge, and receive a rebate on installation, where applicable.  Call the Gas Department for detailed information and guidelines.

A city employee digs a trench for a water line. The city is replacing 42 miles of two-inch, galvanized water lines. The city is also moving utilities along U.S. 27 south of the bypass intersection in preparation for four-laning a section of the highway south of town.

 

 

 

 

 

An employee digs a trench for a gas line. 

 

 

Public notice to natural gas customers

It is important to “Call Before You Dig” or before excavating, even with a shovel.  Whether you’re installing an underground dog fence, running water to an outbuilding or post-hole digging for a new mail box post, underground gas piping can be damaged.  When you call Georgia One Call at 811, they will locate all buried utility lines on your property, so you can safely dig and prevent a potentially hazardous condition.

 

Natural gas is a colorless, odorless gas; however, a chemical that smells like rotten eggs is added to the gas to help in detection.  If you smell gas, or just think you might be smelling gas, leave the area immediately and call your local gas provider at 706-639-1511 or 911 from a neighboring home or business.  Never turn on or off switches or use a flashlight or phone in the presence of the gas smell, because an electric spark could ignite the gas, causing an explosion.  BE SAFE.  CALL 811 BEFORE YOU DIG.

 

This message is brought to you by the City of LaFayette as a public service.  To learn more about our natural gas service and the benefits of natural gas, call 706-639-1511.