How does water get cut off from your home specifically by water supply companies?

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Is there a valve on the street they pull or is it something like a button they press at their headquarters? (in the US)

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yes in your front yard there is either a re=ound metal cover or a rectangular concrete one.

in newer home it might be green plastic. sometimes they are in the stereet like this:

[https://www.tapinto.net/towns/middletown/sections/other-nj-news/articles/nj-american-water-reports-to-middletown-residents-project-may-discolor-water-weaken-pressure-shut-off-water-tues-11-8-wed-11-9](https://www.tapinto.net/towns/middletown/sections/other-nj-news/articles/nj-american-water-reports-to-middletown-residents-project-may-discolor-water-weaken-pressure-shut-off-water-tues-11-8-wed-11-9)

here is a site with a concrete pic:

[https://henryplumbingco.com/2020/12/21/the-water-shut-off-key/](https://henryplumbingco.com/2020/12/21/the-water-shut-off-key/)

there is a cut off for everything going into your home

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