San Fernando Valley Water Service Restored After Major Valve Break

Water Service Restoration

• 💧 As of 3:37 AM, thousands of San Fernando Valley residents have had their running water service fully restored following a major outage.
• 💡 While water is back, residents are still urged not to consume tap water until further notice to help re-pressurize the system.

Water Quality Testing

• 🔬 The agency will begin 18-hour rounds of water quality testing before lifting the boil water notice, which has been in effect for nearly a week.
• ✅ This testing is crucial before residents can safely use tap water for drinking and other essential needs.

Cause of the Outage

• ⚠️ The disruption was caused by a broken valve during repair work at a pump station last Tuesday, affecting a 54-inch pipeline feeding a 10-million-gallon water tank.
• 🛠️ Crews had to excavate 24 feet underground to access the damage, which was complicated by its proximity to oil pipelines and a gas line, requiring extensive safety preparations.

Agency Support During Outage

• 🚚 The agency distributed over a million bottles of water and delivered more than 1,200 gallons to senior citizens and customers with disabilities.

Resident Impact

• 😥 Many residents shared the difficulty of living without water for nearly a week, highlighting the importance of basic household needs like showering and flushing toilets.
• 😟 The situation was described as