{
  "id": 732948,
  "title": "Britain needs to start designing for drought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/britain-needs-to-start-designing-for-drought",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-13T04:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/britain-needs-to-start-designing-for-drought/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The cultural assumption that Britain will always have enough water belongs to a different climate. This summer should be the catalyst for designing around the one we now face, says Alastair Chisholm More than two thirds of England is now in drought. Hosepipe bans are widespread and, should they prove insufficient, drought orders may follow. [...]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}