THE torrential rain may be causing localised flooding - but overall it has been good for the water supply.

Record breaking levels of rainfall in April, supported by the downpours of May, have replenished Yorkshire Water's borehole stocks which are now at normal levels.

Only ten weeks ago the boreholes were 20 per cenrt down on normal levels for the time of year However borehole levels are now where they should be, with overall stocks boosted by more than 13 billion litres of water since the start of spring.

The company, which provides its 4.9 million customers with an average of 1.24 billion litres of water a day, sources its drinking water from rivers and boreholes, as well as its extensive reservoir network.

Spokesman Matt Thompson said: "It would be stretching it to say that we're in a record position for this time of year in terms of our water resources, but the recent rainfall has certainly helped to bring our stocks back to healthy levels, with reservoirs full and borehole levels back to where we'd expect them to be for this time of year."

He added: "It's important that stocks are healthy as we're entering into the typically drier months of the year.”

However despite the good news much of eastern Yorkshire is still officially in drought.

An Environment Agency spokesman said: “After two years of exceptionally dry weather, the continuous rain in April will have started to restore water levels below ground and has given us a better start to the summer than anticipated.

“But it will take more time and more rain to undo the effects of two dry winters on groundwater stores.”