{
  "id": 3072271,
  "title": "What live sewage spill data does (and doesn't) tell us about water pollution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/what-live-sewage-spill-data-does-and-doesnt-tell-us-about-water",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-24T17:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-sewage-doesnt-pollution.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "During periods of heavy rainfall, pipes known as storm overflows aim to prevent excess water from overflowing into the sewage system. But this is not always the case.",
  "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."
}