Southwest Florida Water Management District
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The Southwest Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency in Florida responsible for managing water resources, flood protection, and environmental conservation across a large portion of the state’s west-central region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southwest Florida Water Management District canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13093285 — 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: Southwest Florida Water Management District Context triple: [Tsala Apopka Lake chain, managementBy, Southwest Florida Water Management District]
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A.
Northwest Florida Water Management District
The Northwest Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency responsible for managing and protecting water resources and related ecosystems in the northwestern part of Florida.
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B.
South Florida Water Management District
The South Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency responsible for managing and protecting water resources in South Florida, including leading major restoration and flood control efforts.
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C.
St. Johns River Water Management District
St. Johns River Water Management District is a regional Florida government agency responsible for managing and protecting water resources, including rivers, lakes, wetlands, and coastal ecosystems such as the Indian River Lagoon.
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D.
Sunshine Water Control District
Sunshine Water Control District is a special-purpose local government entity in Florida responsible for managing water resources, drainage, and flood control within its designated service area.
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E.
Miami Conservancy District
The Miami Conservancy District is a regional flood control and water management agency in southwest Ohio responsible for protecting communities along the Great Miami River and its tributaries.
- 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: Southwest Florida Water Management District Target entity description: The Southwest Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency in Florida responsible for managing water resources, flood protection, and environmental conservation across a large portion of the state’s west-central region.
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A.
Northwest Florida Water Management District
The Northwest Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency responsible for managing and protecting water resources and related ecosystems in the northwestern part of Florida.
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B.
South Florida Water Management District
The South Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency responsible for managing and protecting water resources in South Florida, including leading major restoration and flood control efforts.
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C.
St. Johns River Water Management District
St. Johns River Water Management District is a regional Florida government agency responsible for managing and protecting water resources, including rivers, lakes, wetlands, and coastal ecosystems such as the Indian River Lagoon.
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D.
Sunshine Water Control District
Sunshine Water Control District is a special-purpose local government entity in Florida responsible for managing water resources, drainage, and flood control within its designated service area.
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E.
Miami Conservancy District
The Miami Conservancy District is a regional flood control and water management agency in southwest Ohio responsible for protecting communities along the Great Miami River and its tributaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regional government agency
ⓘ
special district ⓘ water management district ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SWFWMD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Swiftmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
groundwater resources
ⓘ
surface water resources ⓘ |
| boardMembersAppointedBy | Governor of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMembersConfirmedBy | Florida Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy | Florida Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
ad valorem property taxes
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federal grants ⓘ permit fees ⓘ state appropriations ⓘ |
| governingBody | Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
Charlotte County, Florida
NERFINISHED
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Citrus County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ DeSoto County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Hardee County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Hernando County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Highlands County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Hillsborough County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Levy County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Manatee County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Pasco County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Pinellas County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Polk County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarasota County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumter County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Tampa Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ all or parts of 16 counties ⓘ approximately 10,000 square miles ⓘ west-central Florida ⓘ |
| hasMainResponsibility |
environmental conservation
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environmental resource permitting ⓘ flood protection ⓘ floodplain management planning ⓘ land acquisition for conservation ⓘ natural systems protection ⓘ operation of water control structures ⓘ public education on water resources ⓘ stormwater management ⓘ water quality management ⓘ water supply management ⓘ water use permitting ⓘ watershed management ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
cooperative funding initiatives with local governments
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environmental restoration projects ⓘ flood hazard mapping and mitigation ⓘ land management and recreation on district lands ⓘ minimum flows and levels establishment ⓘ water conservation programs ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Brooksville, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1961 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Chapter 373, Florida Statutes ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Hernando County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBoardMembers | 13 ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| operatesInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| partOf | Florida water management district system ⓘ |
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| website | https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/ ⓘ |
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: Southwest Florida Water Management District Description of subject: The Southwest Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency in Florida responsible for managing water resources, flood protection, and environmental conservation across a large portion of the state’s west-central region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.