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Life without waterTrailer park residents given notice to leave after landlord lets water bill lapse

Aaron Kelley, left, and Joe Strefling gather water bottles at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga., before a friend with a car makes a run to her house to fill them for residents. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

Kenny Patton walks down the steps at his residence at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

The Pear Pines Mobile Home Park, seen Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga., has few remaining residents after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

Nikki Cortez boils water on the stove in her residence at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

Nikki Cortez keeps bottles of water on the floor of her residence at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

Nikki Cortez sits next to a plastic tub filled with rain water on the deck of her residence at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

Nikki Cortez collects rain water in a plastic tub on the deck of her residence at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

Residents a the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park say that the water connection, seen Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga., has been turned off and locked. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

The Pear Pines Mobile Home Park, seen Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga., has few remaining residents after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.

Disorder is seen inside this abandoned unit at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga. Water has been turned off at the property for several weeks.

A Bible is seen on a mattress inside this abandoned unit at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga.

Disorder is seen inside this abandoned unit at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga.

Most units are abandoned at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park, seen Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga., but people are living in two of these units despite being without water for the last several weeks.

Resident Andy Anderson collects appliances and other scrap metal he is salvaging from abandoned mobile homes at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga.

Resident Andy Anderson collects appliances and other scrap metal he is salvaging from abandoned mobile homes at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga.

Resident Andy Anderson collects appliances and other scrap metal he is salvaging from abandoned mobile homes at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga.

Kenny Patton talks about living at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga.

An overgrown, abandoned mobile home is seen at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga.

Empty water bottles are seen in the trunk of a car at the Pear Pines Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in LaFayette, Ga. Few residents remain after the landlord's financial problems caused water to be turned off at the property several weeks ago.