More than 9,200 Department of Water and Power customers in Granada Hills and Porter Ranch remained without water service Thursday while the utility scrambled to repair a broken underground valve — a job that could last through the weekend.

The affected area is bounded roughly by Rinaldi Avenue on the south, Balboa Boulevard on the east, De Soto Avenue on the west and the foothills and hills to the north, according to the DWP.

According to the agency, water crews were conducting repair work on Tuesday at a pump station that connects to a 10 million-gallon water tank that serves the area when a valve that controls the flow of water failed to open.

“As a result, the water flowing from the tank into the pipes serving the area was cut off,” according to a DWP statement.

Crews immediately em

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