{
  "id": 12344951,
  "title": "US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/us-households-pay-62-more-for-water-than-they-did-a-decade-ago-study",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/households-drinking-water-cost-study"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago – outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes, according to a new study. Food & Water Watch, a Washington DC-based non-profit, analyzed 2025 billing data from the 500 largest…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}