{
  "id": 541641,
  "title": "What is the EU doing to tackle its growing water scarcity?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/what-is-the-eu-doing-to-tackle-its-growing-water-scarcity",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T06:15:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/11/what-is-the-eu-doing-to-tackle-its-growing-water-scarcity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This summer's record heat has left 38 percent of Europe's land in drought. Overuse, mismanagement, and pollution have harmed lakes and rivers and worsened Europe’s water stress, prompting the EU to treat water scarcity as a major emergency.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}