Dundee environment convener Craig Melville vowed that the flooding problems at the Riverside civic amenity site would be rectified as a priority.
He was responding to criticism from West End councillor Fraser Macpherson and Broughty Ferry councillor Derek Scott about the latest unscheduled closure of the facility on Saturday.
The refuse disposal skips were marooned behind a pool of floodwater, leaving a queue of angry motorists frustrated at not being able to empty the unwanted debris they had driven to the site to discard.
Those queueing included a man from Broughty Ferry who had driven nine miles across town with bulky garden waste that can no longer be discarded at Baldovie.
Restrictions on the type of debris, along with the closure of the Marchbanks depot has made the Riverside flooding problem a bigger issue.
Mr Melville said: “The flooding at Riverside is due to a drainage problem which was scheduled to be rectified.
“What happened again at the weekend is unacceptable, and I have asked for this work to be brought forward as a matter of priority. This is now something that should be attended to by the summer.”
He said changing the strategy for waste recycling sites was not ideal but was forced on the council because of the need to save £16 million over two years.
“I share the frustration of the councillors at the situation at Riverside, but would point out that when the changes were discussed there were no alternative proposals.”
In the meantime, interim measures are being put in place at Riverside to deal with any more flooding incidents.
Until the drainage problem can be properly addressed, site attendants will use pumps to remove the water on the site, and while they do so cars with green waste will be diverted towards the weighbridge to access the main composting site.
An area adjacent to the recycling centre will be used to deposit green waste and the site attendants will manage the traffic flow.