{
  "id": 749048,
  "title": "South Africa: This South African River Has a Bacteria Count Off the Charts - a Natural Filter Is Cleaning It for Watering Food Gardens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/south-africa-this-south-african-river-has-a-bacteria-count-off-the-749048",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-13T07:41:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608130025.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[The Conversation Africa] Every day, millions of litres of polluted water flow through many South African rivers and disappear into the sea.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}