Water Quality Information Center
E510685
The Water Quality Information Center is a specialized unit of the U.S. National Agricultural Library that collects, organizes, and provides access to information on water quality and related environmental and agricultural issues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Water Quality Information Center canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5308240 — 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 Quality Information Center Context triple: [National Agricultural Library, hasPart, Water Quality Information Center]
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A.
Water Quality Program (Washington State Department of Ecology)
The Water Quality Program is a division of Washington State’s Department of Ecology responsible for protecting and improving the state’s rivers, lakes, marine waters, and groundwater from pollution.
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B.
USGS Water Resources Mission Area
The USGS Water Resources Mission Area is a division of the U.S. Geological Survey responsible for assessing, monitoring, and researching the nation’s water resources to support science-based management and policy.
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C.
National Water Information System
The National Water Information System is a comprehensive U.S. database and platform that provides access to nationwide water resources data, including streamflow, groundwater levels, water quality, and water use.
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D.
EPA Office of Water
The EPA Office of Water is the division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responsible for developing and enforcing national policies and regulations to protect the country’s water resources, including drinking water, surface waters, and aquatic ecosystems.
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E.
Consumer Council for Water
The Consumer Council for Water is an independent statutory body that represents and protects the interests of water and sewerage consumers in England and Wales.
- 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 Quality Information Center Target entity description: The Water Quality Information Center is a specialized unit of the U.S. National Agricultural Library that collects, organizes, and provides access to information on water quality and related environmental and agricultural issues.
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A.
Water Quality Program (Washington State Department of Ecology)
The Water Quality Program is a division of Washington State’s Department of Ecology responsible for protecting and improving the state’s rivers, lakes, marine waters, and groundwater from pollution.
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B.
USGS Water Resources Mission Area
The USGS Water Resources Mission Area is a division of the U.S. Geological Survey responsible for assessing, monitoring, and researching the nation’s water resources to support science-based management and policy.
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C.
National Water Information System
The National Water Information System is a comprehensive U.S. database and platform that provides access to nationwide water resources data, including streamflow, groundwater levels, water quality, and water use.
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D.
EPA Office of Water
The EPA Office of Water is the division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responsible for developing and enforcing national policies and regulations to protect the country’s water resources, including drinking water, surface waters, and aquatic ecosystems.
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E.
Consumer Council for Water
The Consumer Council for Water is an independent statutory body that represents and protects the interests of water and sewerage consumers in England and Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government organization
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information center ⓘ library unit ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| collects |
bibliographic data on water quality
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extension publications on water quality ⓘ government documents on water quality ⓘ scientific literature on water quality ⓘ technical reports on water quality ⓘ water quality information resources ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
agricultural best management practices
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agricultural issues ⓘ agricultural runoff ⓘ climate impacts on water resources ⓘ drinking water quality ⓘ environmental issues ⓘ groundwater ⓘ natural resources ⓘ nonpoint source pollution ⓘ nutrient management ⓘ pesticide management ⓘ soil and water conservation ⓘ surface water ⓘ water conservation ⓘ water policy ⓘ water quality ⓘ water quality assessment ⓘ water quality education ⓘ water quality monitoring ⓘ water quality research ⓘ water-related legislation and policy ⓘ watershed management ⓘ |
| goal |
to improve access to information on water quality
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to support research and decision-making on water quality issues ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nal.usda.gov/programs/water-quality-information-center ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland
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linked to:
National Agricultural Library
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| locatedIn | Beltsville, Maryland ⓘ |
| maintains |
online information collections
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subject-specific bibliographies ⓘ topic guides on water quality ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Agricultural Library ⓘ |
| organizes | water quality information ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | National Agricultural Library ⓘ |
| partOf | National Agricultural Library ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
bibliographies
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databases ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ online publications ⓘ research tools ⓘ subject guides ⓘ water quality information ⓘ |
| providesServiceTo |
educators
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extension professionals ⓘ general public ⓘ policymakers ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| sector |
agriculture
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environment ⓘ natural resources management ⓘ |
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 Quality Information Center Description of subject: The Water Quality Information Center is a specialized unit of the U.S. National Agricultural Library that collects, organizes, and provides access to information on water quality and related environmental and agricultural issues.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.