Nearly $700K in unpaid water bills: Apartment complex has 2 weeks to pay up
(Photo: Google Street View ) ATLANTA -- Residents of an Atlanta apartment complex have been given two more weeks to find a new place to live if the complex owners don 't come up with over half a million in unpaid water bills . The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management announced on Monday that it will wait two weeks to cut off water to Sierra Ridge Apartments . After that, residents will be without water because the owners of the complex allegedly haven 't paid their water bill in some time. "The owners of the Sierra Ridge apartment complex have been collecting rents from tenants every month, but h ave not paid their water bills for more than 2 years," Mayor Kasim Reed said in a statement. "The property owners have declined to take advantage of the billing amnesty program and have refused to enter into any payment agreement to resolve the debt." The complex now owes more than $690,000 in past-due balances across four accounts connected to the apart...