A Blountstown man's project has turned into a nightmare for some of his neighbors.

A holding pond that's been drained is causing heavy water to back up onto several homes.

One resident who plans to address the issue in front of the County Commission.

When there's no water involved, there's no problem with this picture.

But this large dry area becomes a holding pond once rain pours down.

"All these acres over here, all this naturally is elevation but all that is gonna come down here because it was a sandy ridge before."

Blountstown native Patty Floyd and her husband live on the north side of Graves Creek.

She says the problem comes down to whether their County Commissioner had the right to install drainage pipes for their neighbor.

These pipes caused the high water levels from the creek to combine with the Apalachicola River earlier this month.

"We had double water because the Apalachicola River pushed that water right back up onto our trailer park and behind our house," she says.

The water almost flooded their backyard when the river level hit 19 feet.

"And before at 19 feet, there was no problem, at 24 feet there was no problem, no water problem at all, but this time there was. But it's just really scary, all the water just came so fast."

She says it's the first time they've ever had to sandbag part of their house as well as their neighbors.

One man who lived in the trailer park says it came close to his clothesline.

We spoke with her neighbor, Roy Pickron, who owns the holding pond.

He says he didn't see any problems at all.

District 2 County Commissioner Dan Wyrick, who backed the installation of the drainage pipes was out of town, and would not discuss the issue over-the-phone.

Floyd says she and her husband have spoken individually with all of the commissioners.

But she's hoping she'll get relief before this happens again.