Thousands of San Fernando Valley residents remain without running water as crews continue emergency repairs on a broken underground valve, with officials warning the outage could last through the weekend.

The valve, which supplies water to more than 9,000 customers in Porter Ranch and Granada Hills, failed during repair work last Tuesday at a pump station connected to a 10-million-gallon tank, according to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

“The infrastructure in L.A. is aging – some of it more than 80 years old,” an LADWP spokesperson said. “We’re replacing it as fast as we can, but these things happen.”

Originally, repairs were expected to be completed by Friday, but ongoing complications have delayed progress. Temporary solutions are now underway, including hundreds of fe

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