Water service returned to a Cibolo mobile home park after families spent more than 24 hours without working water this week. Treva Carpenter, a co-owner of Shady Meadows Mobile Home Park, said overdue utility payments contributed to the shutoff and that she used her own money to pay the city.

Carpenter blamed her business partner for failing to pay the utility bill. According to her account, a $22,000 water bill has remained outstanding since 2023. She said the unpaid bills contributed to the interruption that left residents, including people who have lived at the property for years, without service.

Among those affected was Julie Phillips, who said she has called the mobile home park home for more than 20 years. The property is located off Farm-to-Market 78. Phillips contacted Carpenter on Tuesday to let her know about the water problem, bringing the interruption to the co-owner's attention.

Carpenter said she then asked the City of Cibolo what she needed to do to restore water for the tenants. An agreement called for an $8,050 payment by Wednesday. Carpenter also agreed to pay $6,000 toward utilities by the end of the year as part of her discussions with the city.

The amount Carpenter said she ultimately paid was $8,150, which she told KSAT came out of her own pocket. Water service was restored, bringing relief to Phillips after the interruption. But Phillips said she remained concerned about whether the service would stay on and hoped residents would not experience another shutoff.

For Phillips, the concern also involved whether she could afford to leave if water problems continued. She said she hoped to remain at the park because she had no savings available to move elsewhere. Her relief at having water again was accompanied by uncertainty about whether another interruption could force that decision.

Carpenter also told KSAT that some tenants had fallen behind on rent, with multiple renters owing thousands of dollars. She said those missed payments were not helping reduce the outstanding $22,000 utility bill. Her account linked the property's unpaid rent to the difficulty of bringing the utility balance down.

Tenants had also discussed the possibility of foreclosure at the property. KSAT could not confirm that claim.