After days without clean water, thousands of Granada Hills and Porter Ranch residents are a step closer to restored service as crews with the Department of Water and Power have complete repairs to a damaged underground water pipe.

Days after Granada Hills and Porter Ranch lost water service, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and other officials urged thousands of customers to stop using water, saying toilet flushes and lawn sprinklers were slowing repairs.

Thousands of San Fernando Valley residents were expected to remain without water through the weekend as repair work continues days after their service was first interrupted on Tuesday.