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If your concern is the big valve in your home that shuts off water to your home, then the next shutoff valve is located in your front yard where your water meter is. You can shut off the water there. Look for what looks like a small manhole cover with a nut on it. Open it up, find the valve and turn it off. If it is the valve in your yard then that is the water company's problem. Only they can shut off valves further up the line to repair that one, and besides it's their equipment.
To turn water off, use a crescent wrench to turn the valve a quarter turn. In some cases you may have a valve located just behind the meter. In this cases turn the valve a quarter turn until the holes line up. If the valve has an arrow on it, turn it a half turn until the arrow is pointing away from your property.