Types of Water Valves. There are currently two types of water valves used to turn on or turn off the water flow to your house: the gate valve and the ball valve. More traditional and reliable, the gate valve is a round or oval handle that needs to be turned counter-clockwise to stop all water flow.
Minnetonka /ËmÉªnÉ¨ËtÉÅkÉ/ MIN-i-TONG-kÉ is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, eight miles (13 km) west of Minneapolis. The population was 49,734 at the 2010 census. The word Minnetonka comes from the Dakota Indian mni tanka meaning great water. The city is home to Cargill, the country's largest privately owned company and United Healthcare, the state's largest publicly owned company.
Anoka County (/ É Ë n oÊ k É / É-NOH-kÉ) is the fourth-most-populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 339,534. The county seat and namesake of the county is the City of Anoka, which is derived from the Dakota word anokatanhan meaning on (or from) both sides, referring to its location on the banks of the Rum River.