{
  "id": 5042242,
  "title": "Brown and foul tasting. This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/brown-and-foul-tasting-this-towns-water-may-be-the-tipping-point-of-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T07:01:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/hughenden-queensland-undrinkable-tap-water-infrastructure/107079666"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.",
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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."
}