{
  "id": 782564,
  "title": "This SA river has a bacteria count off the charts: a natural filter is cleaning it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/this-sa-river-has-a-bacteria-count-off-the-charts-a-natural-filter-is",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/ios/opinion/2026-08-13-this-sa-river-has-a-bacteria-count-off-the-charts-a-natural-filter-is-cleaning-it/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Water researchers are working more closely with nature – and learning from it – as a means of treating and reusing water.",
  "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."
}