[2] Eichornia crassipes is the main aquatic plant species causing eutrophication of the lake.

[3] The lake supports a rich bio-diversity consisting of plankton, butterflies, resident and migratory birds.

Various families of birds recorded include cormorants, herons, storks, ibis, kites, ducks, francolin, crakes, jacanas, plovers, sandpipers, terns, doves and pigeons, parakeet, cuckoos, owls, swifts, kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, barbets, woodpeckers, larks, swallows, wagtails, shrikes, bulbul, robin, babblers, warblers, flycatchers, flowerpecker, sunbirds, munias, sparrows, weavers, myna, orioles, drongos and crows.

In the 2000s, due to encroachment and the fishes were infected with metals and pathogens from polluted waste water discharged from the sewage.

[7] In 2014, after the Coimbatore Corporation plan to de-silt the lake, the boat house was renovated.