Robin Small, whose Nethergate house was inundated last June, is calling for Yorkshire Water to replace the outdated and faulty equipment at the pumping station - which has been branded a health hazard by East Riding councillors.

He moved back into his home in February after a £40,000 overhaul of the property was carried out.

Mr Small, who is the chair of Nafferton Flood Watch, has been campaigning for work to be done on the pumping station to avoid a repeat of last year's flooding.

"The main thing is it's not a new problem," he said. "We are waiting for some proper investment from Yorkshire Water to solve this problem. We want this knocking down and rebuilding."

East Wolds and Coastal ward councillors, Jane Evison and Jonathan Owen, are backing Nafferton Flood Watch's campaign, which has been highlighted by the first anniversary of the floods which devastated many villages in the East Riding.

They are disgusted that Yorkshire Water are still relying on temporary pumps and an open sewer pit to tackle problems in Nafferton, despite much effort in other areas of the village.

They have condemned the state of the pumping station at Nethergate where adjoining houses were not only flooded last June by raw sewage, but have experienced ongoing problems as a result of the state of the pumping station both before and after last year's floods.

Coun Owen said: "As well as being a health and safety hazard with an open pit outside the building being used to house the temporary pumping equipment, residents who have only just returned to their properties have little confidence and certainly no security in knowing that the pumping station is fit for purpose."

Coun Evison added: "There is a history of problems associated with the state of the Yorkshire Water pumps at Nafferton for some time and despite Nafferton being used as a pilot by Yorkshire Water in the aftermath of the floods and much constructive work being undertaken in the village by East Riding and Yorkshire Water, my colleague Coun Owen and I were disgusted that only temporary pumps are in place a year after last year's catastrophe, despite many meetings with Yorkshire Water."

Councillors Evison and Owen both expressed great concerns that despite all the work undertaken in the aftermath of last year's floods, Yorkshire Water had no resolution to invest in capital projects to bring the Nafferton and many other pumping stations in their ward up to the standard required to prevent further flooding.

A spokesman for Yorkshire Water, Steve Parsley, said work had been done on the pipes at the pumping station but admitted more work needed to be carried out.

He said: "We sympathise enormously with people who were flooded last year, but we cannot predict the weather - the cause of the flooding was the unprecedented level of rainfall.

"We acknowledge further work is needed but we have been working with the parish council to reduce the risk to properties, so from our point of view I am surprised there are still people pointing the finger at the pumping station."

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