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Modelling nitrate concentration of groundwater using adaptive neural-based fuzzy inference system

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  • Sayed Farhad MOUSAVI

    (Department of Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran)

  • Mohammad Javad AMIRI

    (Department of Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran)

Abstract

High nitrate concentration in groundwater is a major problem in agricultural areas in Iran. Nitrate pollution in groundwater of the particular regions in Isfahan province of Iran has been investigated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of Adaptive Neural-Based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for estimating the nitrate concentration. In this research, 175 observation wells were selected and nitrate, potassium, magnesium, sodium, chloride, bicarbonate, sulphate, calcium and hardness were determined in groundwater samples for five consecutive months. Electrical conductivity (EC) and pH were also measured and the sodium absorption ratio (SAR) was calculated. The five-month average of bicarbonate, hardness, EC, calcium and magnesium are taken as the input data and the nitrate concentration as the output data. Based on the obtained structures, four ANFIS models were tested against the measured nitrate concentrations to assess the accuracy of each model. The results showed that ANFIS1 was the most accurate (RMSE = 1.17 and R2 = 0.93) and ANFIS4 was the worst (RMSE = 2.94 and R2 = 0.68) for estimating the nitrate concentration. In ranking the models, ANFIS2 and ANFIS3 ranked the second and third, respectively. The results showed that all ANFIS models underestimated the nitrate concentration. In general, the ANFIS1 model is recommendable for prediction of nitrate level in groundwater of the studied region.

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  • Sayed Farhad MOUSAVI & Mohammad Javad AMIRI, 2012. "Modelling nitrate concentration of groundwater using adaptive neural-based fuzzy inference system," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 7(2), pages 73-83.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:7:y:2012:i:2:id:46-2010-swr
    DOI: 10.17221/46/2010-SWR
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    1. Ramasamy, Nacha & Krishnan, Palaniappa & Bernard, John C. & Ritter, William F., 2003. "Modeling Nitrate Concentration In Ground Water Using Regression And Neural Networks," Staff Papers 15825, University of Delaware, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
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