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  "id": 1464824,
  "title": "Faced with historic drought, the Dutch rethink water management",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/faced-with-historic-drought-the-dutch-rethink-water-management",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/08/17/sustainability/netherlands-drought-dutch-water-management/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Netherlands, which designed its dikes, dams and vast waterworks to battle floods, faces a dilemma: how to retain water while protecting itself from it?",
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Faced with historic drought, the Dutch rethink water management",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/faced-with-historic-drought-the-dutch-rethink-water-management",
        "published": "2026-08-15T08:00:01.000Z"
      }
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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."
}