Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) say there have been no reports or evidence of fish being killed after equipment failure at the Atlantic Pond wastewater pumping station yesterday evening led to flooding in Cork city.
The Atlantic Pond Pumping Station is Cork city's main wastewater pumping station and is close to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
"Due to recent inclement weather, water flows in the River Lee's north and south channels are high, which has diluted the discharges", an IFI spokesman said.
"IFI was contacted by Uisce Éireann at 7.30pm last night in relation to the incident and continue to liaise with Uisce Éireann's incident management team.
"IFI personnel will continue to monitor the situation."
Uisce Eireann say a mechanical fault in one of the pumping station's valves cause wastewater to back up and overflow onto nearby roads.
Such was the pressure on the pumping station at one stage that maintenance crews had to open valves along the channel of the Lee to discharge water into the river.
A spokesman for Uisce Eireann said this was not ideal "but it was necessary in this incident to protect businesses and homes".
There is no time line as yet as to when it will be fixed.
"It is a complex engineering issue and needs to be done properly", the spokesman said.
Traffic diversions remain in place along Monahan Road near Páirc Uí Chaoimh this afternoon as tankers continue to drain the waste water from the remaining flooded road to treatment plants.
