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      "identify spring types",
      "check whether spring water is tested and safe",
      "find protected and cultural springs",
      "plan visits to hot springs safely"
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      "Natural groundwater outlet",
      "Flow may vary seasonally",
      "Can be hot or mineral-rich",
      "Often culturally significant"
    ],
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      "Hot, mineral or cold springs",
      "Spring as a season or a coil is a different sense"
    ],
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        "unit": "L/s",
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      },
      {
        "quantity": "Water temperature",
        "unit": "deg C",
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      },
      {
        "quantity": "Electrical conductivity",
        "unit": "uS/cm",
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        "note": "Conductivity is measured with a calibrated water probe and reported with its temperature reference."
      },
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        "quantity": "Dissolved solids concentration",
        "unit": "mg/L",
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        "note": "Dissolved solids are determined by laboratory analysis or estimated from conductivity with the estimation method stated."
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      "karst springs",
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "why": "category"
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        "relation": "is fed by",
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      "Protected area and heritage rules"
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      "Scalding in hot springs",
      "Over-abstraction drying springs"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Explain local rules on abstraction and on access to holy wells."
      ],
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        "Tell anyone a spring is safe to drink from without a current test result.",
        "Advise bathing in or entering a hot spring without checking its temperature and local rules.",
        "Advise abstraction that could dry the spring or the stream it feeds.",
        "Treat a holy well or sacred spring as an ordinary water point, or disturb its offerings."
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        "Declaring a spring's water fit to drink."
      ]
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        "Untested spring water sickens people who trust its appearance, and hot springs cause severe burns.",
        "Springs are sacred sites for many communities and the sole water source for others."
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        "People drinking or bathing",
        "Communities depending on the spring",
        "Religious and indigenous custodians"
      ]
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      "master_systems": [
        "National water abstraction licences and quality monitoring records"
      ]
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      "title": "Wikidata item Q124714: spring",
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Spring (hydrology)",
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        "id": "identity",
        "name": "Identity",
        "description": "Which spring.",
        "rationale": "Records identify springs.",
        "layers": [
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            "id": "location",
            "name": "Location",
            "description": "Where.",
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                "id": "location-finding",
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                "description": "Location.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which spring is meant, and where?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What type is it?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "flow",
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            "description": "Discharge.",
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                "id": "flow-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "What is its flow rate and does it vary?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which monitoring records it?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "water",
        "name": "Water",
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                    "text": "Has the water been tested and approved as safe to drink?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "By which authority?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "id": "minerals",
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              {
                "id": "minerals-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "What is its mineral composition and temperature?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Are health claims supported by evidence?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
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              }
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        ]
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      {
        "id": "visiting",
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        "description": "Bathing and access.",
        "rationale": "Hot springs carry risks.",
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            "description": "Hot springs.",
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              {
                "id": "bathing-finding",
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                "description": "Bathing safety.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is bathing permitted and safe at this temperature?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What etiquette applies at this onsen or spa?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "access",
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            "description": "Rules.",
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              {
                "id": "access-finding",
                "name": "Access",
                "description": "Access.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the spring on public or private land?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What rules apply?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "protection",
        "name": "Protection",
        "description": "Conservation.",
        "rationale": "Springs are fragile.",
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          {
            "id": "protection",
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            "description": "Designation.",
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              {
                "id": "protection-finding",
                "name": "Protection",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the spring protected for ecology or heritage?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who manages it?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "culture",
            "name": "Culture",
            "description": "Holy wells.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "culture-finding",
                "name": "Culture",
                "description": "Cultural significance.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What traditions are associated with it, according to local sources?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How should visitors show respect?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
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  "openQuestions": [
    "Should spring types be separate entries?",
    "How should water quality data be linked?",
    "How should other senses be split off?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}