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The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board treats the water in its treatment plants and is responsible for quality.”He added, “The additional water may be coming from a new treatment plant and that’s the reason for the foam. KOLAR/BENGALURU: The toxic froth regularly seen in Bengaluru’s Bellandur lake has reared its ugly head in Kolar villages.The much publicised Rs 1,300-crore Koramangala-Chellagatta Valley (KC Valley) project, which aims to fill tanks of Kolar district with treated water from Bengaluru has run into rough weather. Villagers near Kolar’s Lakshmisagara Tank, into which the treated water flows in, were shocked on Wednesday to see froth floating up from the supply canal. Maintaining that they have been pumping clean water till now, SN Krishnappa, executive engineer (Kolar division), minor irrigation department, said “Since Monday, we’ve been receiving an additional 100 MLD (million litres per day) of treated water from the KC Valley. After that, it’s the responsibility of the minor irrigation department..