A member of their services team, Ann Kishuk, contacted me by phone and within a couple of days a drainage engineer came to visit me and acted swiftly to clear the drains in question.

It was a great example of co-ordinated team work by Yorkshire Water and on behalf of Bentley residents I would like to say a big thank you to them.

On the question of water and the need for recycling it, today's rains (April 27) couldn't have come at a better time - my seven 200-litre capacity water butts over the allotment, all fed by water collected from my growing houses and shed, were getting rather dry, however I wonder how many, if any, of the large storage outlets and distribution warehouses in and around Doncaster collect and recycle rainwater to use on site?

I believe these facilities are major contributors to localised flooding through excessive surface water being fed into drains, dykes and streams across many areas that are under DMBC's umbrella.

Eddie Storey
Huntington Street
Bentley