{"id":17135,"date":"2020-06-04T14:48:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/ela\/?p=17135"},"modified":"2023-10-04T16:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T21:06:54","slug":"covid-19-has-changed-our-freshwater-use-we-need-to-be-careful","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ela\/blog\/covid-19-has-changed-our-freshwater-use-we-need-to-be-careful\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Has Changed Our Freshwater Use. 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