California Water Code
E678088
The California Water Code is the body of state law that governs the allocation, management, and protection of water resources in California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| California Water Code canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7636596 — 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: California Water Code Context triple: [California Codes, hasPart, California Water Code]
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A.
California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
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B.
California Code of Regulations
The California Code of Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by California’s state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
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C.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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D.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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E.
California Evidence Code
The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.
- 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: California Water Code Target entity description: The California Water Code is the body of state law that governs the allocation, management, and protection of water resources in California.
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A.
California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
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B.
California Code of Regulations
The California Code of Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by California’s state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
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C.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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D.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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E.
California Evidence Code
The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
state statute
ⓘ
water law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
California Department of Water Resources
NERFINISHED
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California State Water Resources Control Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
groundwater sustainability agencies in California
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municipal water suppliers in California ⓘ private water right holders in California ⓘ public agencies managing water in California ⓘ water districts in California ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| enforcedBy | California State Water Resources Control Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
allocation of water resources in California
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management of water resources in California ⓘ protection of water resources in California ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to coordinate state and local water management
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to promote efficient and beneficial use of water ⓘ to protect public interest in water resources ⓘ to regulate the use and distribution of water in California ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
California, United States
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surface form:
State of California
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | California statutory law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | California Codes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
appropriative water rights in California
ⓘ
permits and licenses for diversion of water in California ⓘ riparian water rights in California ⓘ |
| subject |
adjudication of water rights
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agricultural water management planning ⓘ dams and reservoirs ⓘ emergency drought regulations ⓘ environmental flows (as related to water rights) ⓘ flood control (as related to water management) ⓘ groundwater ⓘ groundwater management plans ⓘ irrigation districts ⓘ reclamation districts ⓘ surface water ⓘ urban water management planning ⓘ water conservation ⓘ water conservation programs ⓘ water planning ⓘ water quality (as related to water rights and use) ⓘ water recycling ⓘ water rights ⓘ water rights permitting ⓘ water service contracts ⓘ water storage districts ⓘ water supply reliability ⓘ water transfers ⓘ water use reporting ⓘ watermaster service ⓘ |
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: California Water Code Description of subject: The California Water Code is the body of state law that governs the allocation, management, and protection of water resources in California.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.