{
  "id": 12626850,
  "title": "U.S. drinking water bills rose 62% in a decade, outpacing inflation and incomes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/u-s-drinking-water-bills-rose-62-in-a-decade-outpacing-inflation-and",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T12:36:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/us-drinking-water-bills-rose-62-percent-decade-100726"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Food & Water Watch analyzed billing data from 500 of the largest water systems, finding costs grew 1.6 times faster than overall inflation",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}