{
  "id": 11431368,
  "title": "UK’s South East Water Asks to Curb Non-Essential Use Due to Drought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/uks-south-east-water-asks-to-curb-non-essential-use-due-to-drought",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:21:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-02/uk-s-south-east-water-asks-to-curb-non-essential-use-due-to-drought"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The UK’s South East Water Ltd. applied for permission to restrict non-essential water use by businesses in Sussex as drought conditions deepen in the region.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}