{
  "id": 19589475,
  "title": "Interests of Penang and Perak protected under water agreement, says Exco member",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/interests-of-penang-and-perak-protected-under-water-agreement-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T02:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/129442/interests-of-penang-and-perak-protected-under-water-agreement-says-exco-member"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PENANG’s interests are well protected under the conditional Bulk Water Supply Agreement (BWSA) signed with Perak, which aims to strengthen the state’s long-term water security through an additional supply of up to 500 million litres of treated water ...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Penang's interests protected under water supply deal with Perak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/penangs-interests-protected-under-water-supply-deal-with-perak",
        "published": "2026-11-12T01:00:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Penang exco defends RM8.4b Perak water deal, says charge covers dedicated plant over 40 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/penang-exco-defends-rm8-4b-perak-water-deal-says-charge-covers",
        "published": "2026-11-12T02:29:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}