City of Durham Department of Water Management
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The City of Durham Department of Water Management is the municipal agency responsible for providing and overseeing drinking water, wastewater, and related water resource services for the City of Durham, North Carolina.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| City of Durham Department of Water Management canonical | 2 |
| City of Durham Public Works and Utilities functions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5966233 — 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: City of Durham Department of Water Management Context triple: [Little River Reservoir, operator, City of Durham Department of Water Management]
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A.
Albany Department of Water and Water Supply
The Albany Department of Water and Water Supply is the municipal agency responsible for managing the drinking water, distribution system, and related infrastructure for the City of Albany, New York.
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B.
Eastpoint Water and Sewer District
Eastpoint Water and Sewer District is a local special district in Franklin County, Florida, responsible for providing water and sewer services to the Eastpoint community.
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C.
Derwent Valley Water Board
The Derwent Valley Water Board was a public authority in England responsible for developing and managing major water supply reservoirs and infrastructure in the Derwent Valley region.
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D.
Zone 7 Water Agency
Zone 7 Water Agency is a public water wholesaler in California’s Alameda County that manages and delivers treated drinking water and flood protection services to communities in the Livermore-Amador Valley.
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E.
İZSU Water Utility
İZSU Water Utility is the public water and wastewater management authority serving the city and metropolitan area of İzmir, Turkey.
- 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: City of Durham Department of Water Management Target entity description: The City of Durham Department of Water Management is the municipal agency responsible for providing and overseeing drinking water, wastewater, and related water resource services for the City of Durham, North Carolina.
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A.
Albany Department of Water and Water Supply
The Albany Department of Water and Water Supply is the municipal agency responsible for managing the drinking water, distribution system, and related infrastructure for the City of Albany, New York.
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B.
Eastpoint Water and Sewer District
Eastpoint Water and Sewer District is a local special district in Franklin County, Florida, responsible for providing water and sewer services to the Eastpoint community.
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C.
Derwent Valley Water Board
The Derwent Valley Water Board was a public authority in England responsible for developing and managing major water supply reservoirs and infrastructure in the Derwent Valley region.
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D.
Zone 7 Water Agency
Zone 7 Water Agency is a public water wholesaler in California’s Alameda County that manages and delivers treated drinking water and flood protection services to communities in the Livermore-Amador Valley.
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E.
İZSU Water Utility
İZSU Water Utility is the public water and wastewater management authority serving the city and metropolitan area of İzmir, Turkey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
municipal water utility department ⓘ public works department ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ⓘ |
| compliesWith |
Clean Water Act
ⓘ
United States Safe Drinking Water Act ⓘ
linked to:
Safe Drinking Water Act
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employerType | local government employer ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
municipal budget
ⓘ
water and sewer user fees ⓘ |
| governedBy | Durham City Council ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Durham, North Carolina ⓘ |
| implements |
backflow prevention programs
ⓘ
drought response measures ⓘ water conservation programs ⓘ |
| industry | water supply and sanitation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
City of Durham
ⓘ
linked to:
Durham metropolitan area
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Durham, North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
City of Durham
ⓘ
linked to:
Durham metropolitan area
Durham County, North Carolina ⓘ State of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to:
North Carolina
|
| operatesInSector |
drinking water services
ⓘ
stormwater-related services ⓘ wastewater services ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of Durham
ⓘ
linked to:
Durham metropolitan area
|
| parentOrganization | City of Durham government ⓘ |
| partOf | City of Durham Public Works and Utilities functions ⓘ |
| regulates | municipal water use within Durham ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
customer water service accounts
ⓘ
drinking water distribution ⓘ drinking water treatment ⓘ sewer system maintenance ⓘ wastewater collection ⓘ wastewater treatment ⓘ water quality monitoring ⓘ water resource management ⓘ water system maintenance ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
City of Durham, North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
Durham, North Carolina
|
| serviceType |
industrial pretreatment oversight
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potable water supply ⓘ sanitary sewer service ⓘ sewer line repair and replacement ⓘ water billing and customer service ⓘ water infrastructure planning ⓘ water main repair and replacement ⓘ |
| website | https://www.durhamnc.gov/944/Water-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: City of Durham Department of Water Management Description of subject: The City of Durham Department of Water Management is the municipal agency responsible for providing and overseeing drinking water, wastewater, and related water resource services for the City of Durham, North Carolina.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
City of Durham Department of Water Management
→
partOf
→
City of Durham Public Works and Utilities functions
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linked to: City of Durham Department of Water Management