Law 2029 on water and sanitation
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Law 2029 on water and sanitation was a controversial Bolivian privatization law that granted extensive control over water resources to a private company, triggering widespread protests known as the Cochabamba Water War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Law 2029 on water and sanitation canonical | 1 |
| Law 2029 on water and sanitation services in Bolivia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9954984 — 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: Law 2029 on water and sanitation Context triple: [Cochabamba Water War, hasCause, Law 2029 on water and sanitation]
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A.
Water Quality Act of 1987
The Water Quality Act of 1987 is a major U.S. environmental law that strengthened the Clean Water Act by expanding water pollution control programs and establishing long-term funding mechanisms for wastewater and water quality infrastructure.
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B.
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act is California’s primary water quality law, establishing the framework for regulating and protecting the state’s surface and groundwater resources.
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C.
Water Resources Development Act of 1996
The Water Resources Development Act of 1996 is a United States federal law that authorized and funded a wide range of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects for navigation, flood control, and environmental restoration of the nation’s water resources.
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D.
Water Pollution Control Act (Japan)
The Water Pollution Control Act (Japan) is a key environmental law that regulates and prevents the contamination of the nation’s water bodies by setting standards and controls on wastewater and pollutant discharges.
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E.
Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water reports
The Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water reports are UN-Water’s flagship monitoring publications that evaluate worldwide progress, challenges, and financing gaps in achieving universal access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
- 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: Law 2029 on water and sanitation Target entity description: Law 2029 on water and sanitation was a controversial Bolivian privatization law that granted extensive control over water resources to a private company, triggering widespread protests known as the Cochabamba Water War.
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A.
Water Quality Act of 1987
The Water Quality Act of 1987 is a major U.S. environmental law that strengthened the Clean Water Act by expanding water pollution control programs and establishing long-term funding mechanisms for wastewater and water quality infrastructure.
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B.
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act is California’s primary water quality law, establishing the framework for regulating and protecting the state’s surface and groundwater resources.
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C.
Water Resources Development Act of 1996
The Water Resources Development Act of 1996 is a United States federal law that authorized and funded a wide range of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects for navigation, flood control, and environmental restoration of the nation’s water resources.
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D.
Water Pollution Control Act (Japan)
The Water Pollution Control Act (Japan) is a key environmental law that regulates and prevents the contamination of the nation’s water bodies by setting standards and controls on wastewater and pollutant discharges.
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E.
Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water reports
The Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water reports are UN-Water’s flagship monitoring publications that evaluate worldwide progress, challenges, and financing gaps in achieving universal access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolivian law
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privatization law ⓘ |
| appliesToSector |
sanitation
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water ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
debate on privatization of public services
ⓘ
social conflict over water rights ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | controversial ⓘ |
| consequence |
international attention to water privatization in Bolivia
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mass mobilization of social movements in Cochabamba ⓘ |
| controversy |
extent of private control over water
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impact on access to water for low-income residents ⓘ impact on affordability of water ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| effect | privatization of water services in Cochabamba ⓘ |
| grantedControlTo | private water company in Cochabamba ⓘ |
| historicalContext | neoliberal economic reforms in Bolivia ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key example of resistance to water privatization in Latin America ⓘ |
| issue |
control over water resources
ⓘ
tariffs for water services ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
public utilities regulation
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water rights ⓘ |
| locationOfImpact |
Bolivia
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Cochabamba ⓘ |
| motivated | calls for recognition of water as a human right ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Bolivian social movements
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Cochabamba residents ⓘ labor unions in Cochabamba ⓘ peasant organizations ⓘ |
| publicPerception | unpopular among many Bolivian citizens ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Cochabamba Water War ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic studies on water governance
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human rights reports on access to water ⓘ media coverage on the Cochabamba Water War ⓘ |
| triggered | widespread protests in Cochabamba ⓘ |
| triggeredEvent | Cochabamba Water War ⓘ |
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: Law 2029 on water and sanitation Description of subject: Law 2029 on water and sanitation was a controversial Bolivian privatization law that granted extensive control over water resources to a private company, triggering widespread protests known as the Cochabamba Water War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Law 2029 on water and sanitation