Water and Science Administration
E147017
The Water and Science Administration is a division of Maryland’s environmental agency responsible for managing the state’s water resources and overseeing related scientific and regulatory programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Water and Science Administration canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1279033 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Water and Science Administration Context triple: [Maryland Department of the Environment, hasDivision, Water and Science Administration]
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A.
Federal Water Quality Administration
The Federal Water Quality Administration was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing water pollution control and improving the quality of the nation’s waterways before its functions were absorbed into the Environmental Protection Agency.
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B.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a U.S. federal agency that provides technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and landowners to conserve soil, water, and other natural resources on private lands.
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C.
Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for managing water resources and operating dams, reservoirs, and irrigation projects primarily in the western United States.
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D.
Office of the Administrator
The Office of the Administrator is NASA’s top executive office, responsible for overall leadership, policy direction, and strategic management of the agency.
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E.
Division of Water
The Division of Water is a specialized unit within New York State’s environmental agency responsible for managing, protecting, and regulating the state’s water resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Water and Science Administration Target entity description: The Water and Science Administration is a division of Maryland’s environmental agency responsible for managing the state’s water resources and overseeing related scientific and regulatory programs.
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A.
Federal Water Quality Administration
The Federal Water Quality Administration was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing water pollution control and improving the quality of the nation’s waterways before its functions were absorbed into the Environmental Protection Agency.
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B.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a U.S. federal agency that provides technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and landowners to conserve soil, water, and other natural resources on private lands.
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C.
Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for managing water resources and operating dams, reservoirs, and irrigation projects primarily in the western United States.
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D.
Office of the Administrator
The Office of the Administrator is NASA’s top executive office, responsible for overall leadership, policy direction, and strategic management of the agency.
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E.
Division of Water
The Division of Water is a specialized unit within New York State’s environmental agency responsible for managing, protecting, and regulating the state’s water resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental regulatory body
ⓘ
government agency division ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
federal environmental agencies
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local governments in Maryland ⓘ regional watershed organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusArea |
Chesapeake Bay
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surface form:
Chesapeake Bay watershed within Maryland
climate-related impacts on water resources ⓘ water resource sustainability ⓘ |
| goal |
protection of aquatic and aquatic-dependent ecosystems
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protection of public health through safe water ⓘ sustainable use of Maryland’s water resources ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | state ⓘ |
| hasRegulatoryRole |
public water system regulation
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water discharge permitting ⓘ water quality standards enforcement ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Maryland
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surface form:
State of Maryland
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| location | Maryland ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Maryland Department of the Environment ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maryland Department of the Environment
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surface form:
Maryland’s environmental agency
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| performs |
environmental data collection on water resources
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scientific analysis of water quality data ⓘ technical support for water-related regulations ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
drinking water oversight in Maryland
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groundwater management in Maryland ⓘ implementation of federal water laws at the state level ⓘ implementation of water quality regulations in Maryland ⓘ management of Maryland’s water resources ⓘ permitting of water-related activities ⓘ regulatory programs related to water resources ⓘ scientific programs related to water resources ⓘ stormwater management oversight in Maryland ⓘ surface water management in Maryland ⓘ wastewater oversight in Maryland ⓘ water quality monitoring programs ⓘ |
| sector |
environmental protection
ⓘ
environmental science ⓘ water resources management ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| worksOn |
aquatic ecosystem protection
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scientific assessment of water resources ⓘ water pollution control ⓘ water supply protection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Water and Science Administration Description of subject: The Water and Science Administration is a division of Maryland’s environmental agency responsible for managing the state’s water resources and overseeing related scientific and regulatory programs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.