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To turn off the water to your house and the rest of your property (including outdoor sprinkler systems, hose bibbs, and so forth), look for the main valve just to the house side of your water meter. This is normally out by the street, often in a concrete box just below ground level. Most water-using fixtures and appliances have some type of shut-off valve that allows you to stop the water supply at the fixture without shutting off the water to the entire house. ©HomeTips. Lever valve controls supply to water heater. Note the red main supply valve in the background. Report Abuse. There should be a shut off on your side of the water meter, it would probably be under the meter cover at the sidewalk. The water co will have their own shutoff on their side of the meter, that one you aren't supposed to touch. heart o' gold · 8 years ago. Thumbs up. Ventura Water's Water Distribution Operator Steven Kadowaki shows you how to locate your home's water meter & water shut off valve in this segment of Sustainable Ventura (March 2013).  1 Your Shut-Off Valve: this will be on the house side of the water meter. 2  It may have a knob for turning or it may have a nut. 3  There is no standard size for this nut. 4  For example, mine is 3/8 and requires a ratchet wrench with an extender for access. 5  Turn this clock-wise. Quick Guide: First find your water shut-off within your house, somewhere along the perimeter and maybe behind an access door. Failing that, go to the water meter near the street and turn off the valve on the house side of the water line. 1 At the water meter you'll find a water supply line coming into the house from the outside. 2  Between it and the water meter is a shutoff valve. 3  On the other side of the water meter is another shutoff valve. 4  To shut off the water to the house, turn off the valve located BEFORE the water meter, on the supply side. When you need to shut the water supply off to the entire house or when a local plumbing fixture has no local shutoff valve, the place to go is your home's water meter. 1  At the water meter you'll find a water supply line coming into the house from the outside. 2  Between it and the water meter is a shutoff valv 1 Between it and the water meter is a shutoff valve. 2  On the other side of the water meter is another shutoff valve. 3  To shut off the water to the house, turn off the valve located BEFORE the water meter, on the supply side. When you need to shut the water supply off to the entire house or when a local plumbing fixture has no local shutoff valve, the place to go is your home's water meter. 1  At the water meter you'll find a water supply line coming into the house from the outside. 2  Between it and the water meter is a shutoff valv To shut off a water heater, turn off the cold water valve above the water heater. ©HomeTips. Lever-type washing machine shutoff valves. To shut off the water supply to a washing machine, just turn off the valve behind the machine. Some washers have simple lever-style valves like the one shown here. Most water-using fixtures and appliances have some type of shut-off valve that allows you to stop the water supply at the fixture without shutting off the water to the entire house. ©HomeTips. Lever valve controls supply to water heater. Note the red main supply valve in the background. 1 On the other side of the water meter is another shutoff valve. 2  To shut off the water to the house, turn off the valve located BEFORE the water meter, on the supply side. When you need to shut the water supply off to the entire house or when a local plumbing fixture has no local shutoff valve, the place to go is your home's water meter. 1  At the water meter you'll find a water supply line coming into the house from the outside. 2  Between it and the water meter is a shutoff valv
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is the water meter next to the shut off valve