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AHMEDABAD: The 16 lakes in Ahmedabad city which are mostly dried up will now see some treated drainage water flowing in these lakes. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has now decided that they would have a sewage treatment plant attached to each of the 16 lakes to ensure that they are filled with treated water.A pilot project was taken up in the Vastrapur lake . The officer pointed out that at Pirana the treatment is sub-par and it is thus polluting the Sabarmati. However, this was only of 0.5 million litres per day or 5 lakh litres per day. The AMC earlier said it was not getting the desired biological oxygen demand and the chemical oxygen demand, but now the desired level has been reached..