{"id":4169,"date":"2021-03-01T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2021-02-23T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T05:03:00","slug":"ask-a-scientist-sustainable-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iowawatercenter.org\/ask-a-scientist-sustainable-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Scientist &#8211; Sustainable Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4169\" class=\"elementor elementor-4169\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bad6f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bad6f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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