FLOODING experts are putting their heads together to try and solve one of the most taxing problems they have ever faced Pound Lane.

Parts of the housing estate in Marlow have been underwater since October last year. It was not until last week that the waters finally subsided.

Buckinghamshire County Council experts say that the wettest winter on record coupled with many underground springs bubbling away under the housing estate led to the troubles.

And worried residents have warned that heavy rainfall will quickly bring the waters lapping at their front doors again.

A Pound Lane resident who asked not be named, said: "It was horrendous and we can't be confident it won't reach the same levels again.

"We will have to wait until the end of August for the proposals to come through. They will have to decide on the best one, get funding and then do the work. Will it be done it time for the autumn is what people are wondering."

Following desperate efforts by the county council to remove the water, including tankers making daily trips, residents were told nothing could be done and they would have to wait until nature took its course.

Ian Cunningham, highways and maintenance engineer for the council, described the problems in Pound Lane as unique.

He added: "The work will need to be innovative to tackle this problem. It is unique in the fact that there was nowhere for the water to go it is totally land locked. There are also many underground springs which exacerbated the problem."

Before the results of the study come through, the county will check the drainage system for any damage.

Prior to the flooding Cable and Wireless had been digging up the road to lay cables and many residents believe the company is partly to blame for the problems.

However the council has backed the communications company and says it is sure the flooding has nothing to do with them.

Mr Cunningham said: "It is a groundwater problem really."