South Bay Pumping Plant
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South Bay Pumping Plant is a key water pumping facility in California’s State Water Project that lifts and conveys water through the South Bay Aqueduct to serve urban and industrial users in the San Francisco Bay Area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Bay Pumping Plant canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3135871 — 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: South Bay Pumping Plant Context triple: [South Bay Aqueduct, hasPart, South Bay Pumping Plant]
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A.
Barker Slough Pumping Plant
Barker Slough Pumping Plant is a key water pumping facility in California that diverts and conveys Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta water into the North Bay Aqueduct for municipal and industrial use.
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B.
Tracy Pumping Plant
Tracy Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California that lifts and conveys water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta into the Central Valley Project’s distribution system.
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C.
Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant
The Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California that serves as a key intake and distribution hub for the State Water Project.
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D.
Jones Pumping Plant
Jones Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California’s Central Valley that lifts and conveys water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta into the Central Valley Project’s distribution system.
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E.
South Bay Aqueduct
South Bay Aqueduct is a major California water conveyance facility that transports water from the State Water Project to communities in the southern San Francisco Bay Area.
- 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: South Bay Pumping Plant Target entity description: South Bay Pumping Plant is a key water pumping facility in California’s State Water Project that lifts and conveys water through the South Bay Aqueduct to serve urban and industrial users in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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A.
Barker Slough Pumping Plant
Barker Slough Pumping Plant is a key water pumping facility in California that diverts and conveys Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta water into the North Bay Aqueduct for municipal and industrial use.
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B.
Tracy Pumping Plant
Tracy Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California that lifts and conveys water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta into the Central Valley Project’s distribution system.
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C.
Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant
The Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California that serves as a key intake and distribution hub for the State Water Project.
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D.
Jones Pumping Plant
Jones Pumping Plant is a major water pumping facility in California’s Central Valley that lifts and conveys water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta into the Central Valley Project’s distribution system.
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E.
South Bay Aqueduct
South Bay Aqueduct is a major California water conveyance facility that transports water from the State Water Project to communities in the southern San Francisco Bay Area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
State Water Project facility
ⓘ
water pumping plant ⓘ |
| connectedTo | South Bay Aqueduct turnout facilities ⓘ |
| conveysWaterThrough | South Bay Aqueduct ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevationChangeFunction | lifts water for conveyance ⓘ |
| hasComponent | pumping units ⓘ |
| isKeyFacilityIn |
South Bay Aqueduct system
ⓘ
linked to:
South Bay Aqueduct
|
| locatedIn |
Alameda County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Alameda County
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| locatedInHydrologicRegion | San Francisco Bay hydrologic region ⓘ |
| operator | California Department of Water Resources ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
State of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| partOf |
California State Water Project
ⓘ
linked to:
State Water Project
South Bay Aqueduct ⓘ |
| partOfSystem |
California water conveyance system
ⓘ
linked to:
State Water Project
|
| purpose |
industrial water supply
ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ |
| sector | water infrastructure ⓘ |
| serves |
San Francisco Bay Area
ⓘ
South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsUse |
industrial water use
ⓘ
municipal water use ⓘ |
| waterSource |
California State Water Project
ⓘ
linked to:
State Water Project
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: South Bay Pumping Plant Description of subject: South Bay Pumping Plant is a key water pumping facility in California’s State Water Project that lifts and conveys water through the South Bay Aqueduct to serve urban and industrial users in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.