Water Management Act 2000 (NSW)
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The Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) is a key New South Wales statute that governs the sustainable and equitable use, conservation, and allocation of the state’s water resources.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New South Wales water legislation | 1 |
| Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5512003 — 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 Management Act 2000 (NSW) Context triple: [New South Wales water management framework, hasLegalBasis, Water Management Act 2000 (NSW)]
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A.
Water Act 2007
The Water Act 2007 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework for managing and protecting the Murray–Darling Basin’s water resources through coordinated, sustainable, and environmentally focused governance.
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B.
New South Wales water management framework
The New South Wales water management framework is the legislative and regulatory system that governs how water resources are allocated, used, and protected across the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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C.
New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act
The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act is a key piece of Australian state legislation that governs the protection, management, and conservation of national parks, wildlife, and natural and cultural heritage in New South Wales.
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D.
Local Government Act 1993 (NSW)
The Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) is the primary New South Wales legislation that establishes the powers, responsibilities, and governance framework for local councils and their operations.
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E.
Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is an Australian government body responsible for managing and using the Commonwealth’s water entitlements to protect and restore environmental health in river systems, particularly within the Murray–Darling Basin.
- 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 Management Act 2000 (NSW) Target entity description: The Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) is a key New South Wales statute that governs the sustainable and equitable use, conservation, and allocation of the state’s water resources.
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A.
Water Act 2007
The Water Act 2007 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework for managing and protecting the Murray–Darling Basin’s water resources through coordinated, sustainable, and environmentally focused governance.
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B.
New South Wales water management framework
The New South Wales water management framework is the legislative and regulatory system that governs how water resources are allocated, used, and protected across the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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C.
New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act
The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Act is a key piece of Australian state legislation that governs the protection, management, and conservation of national parks, wildlife, and natural and cultural heritage in New South Wales.
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D.
Local Government Act 1993 (NSW)
The Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) is the primary New South Wales legislation that establishes the powers, responsibilities, and governance framework for local councils and their operations.
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E.
Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is an Australian government body responsible for managing and using the Commonwealth’s water entitlements to protect and restore environmental health in river systems, particularly within the Murray–Darling Basin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New South Wales statute
ⓘ
water management legislation ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Minister for Water (New South Wales)
NERFINISHED
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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water NERFINISHED ⓘ NSW Department of Planning and Environment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
facilitate efficient and sustainable water use for economic and social benefit
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promote integrated management of water sources ⓘ protect, enhance and restore water sources and their dependent ecosystems ⓘ provide for adaptive management of water resources ⓘ recognise and protect basic landholder rights ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
environmental water managers in New South Wales
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rural water users in New South Wales ⓘ urban water users in New South Wales ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
corporations within New South Wales
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individuals within New South Wales ⓘ |
| contains |
offence provisions for unlawful water taking
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provisions for environmental water rules ⓘ provisions for monitoring and compliance ⓘ provisions for water allocation priorities ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| establishes |
framework for water sharing plans in New South Wales
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system of water access licences ⓘ system of water use approvals ⓘ system of works approvals for water infrastructure ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
environmental flows
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protection of dependent ecosystems ⓘ security of water entitlements ⓘ sustainable yield of water sources ⓘ |
| hasCitation | NSW legislation database (Water Management Act 2000) ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
environmental law
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natural resources law ⓘ water law ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
conservation of water resources in New South Wales
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equitable sharing of water resources in New South Wales ⓘ regulation of water access and use ⓘ sustainable management of water resources in New South Wales ⓘ |
| region | State of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
groundwater resources in New South Wales
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surface water resources in New South Wales ⓘ water access licences ⓘ water sharing plans ⓘ water use approvals ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Murray–Darling Basin Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedInPart | Water Act 1912 (NSW) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Water Management Act 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfInstrument | principal Act ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 2000 ⓘ |
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 Management Act 2000 (NSW) Description of subject: The Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) is a key New South Wales statute that governs the sustainable and equitable use, conservation, and allocation of the state’s water resources.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New South Wales water legislation