Turn On the Water Valve

And just go all the way until it closes. On most water meters, there's going to be this hole where the city can put a lock on it. Your water is repaired. Everything's good. You're just going to turn it back on. Go slow. You'll be able to hear it. Open up some faucets inside. Let the water run while you're doing this. And then just crack it. And let the water start streaming before you open the whole way. And if you don't have a water meter key, like we talked about, you could use a caress and wrench. You can get down there, and you'll be able to turn this, and you'll be able to do it. It's just going to be a little bit harder. My recommendation is always, if you don't have a water meter key in your garage, get one. This works, a pair of channel locks works, whatever you can do to get this shut off. But I can tell you, in a major flood scenario, you want that off as quick as you possibly can. So that's how you locate the water meter. That's how you shut your water meter off. And those are the tools that you use.