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Investigating Landfill Leachate and Groundwater Quality Prediction Using a Robust Integrated Artificial Intelligence Model: Grey Wolf Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm and Extreme Learning Machine
Summary
Researchers developed a hybrid machine learning framework to predict landfill leachate and groundwater quality, providing a robust monitoring tool to assess contamination risk to water resources near landfill sites.
The likelihood of surface water and groundwater contamination is higher in regions close to landfills due to the possibility of leachate percolation, which is a potential source of pollution. Therefore, proposing a reliable framework for monitoring leachate and groundwater parameters is an essential task for the managers and authorities of water quality control. For this purpose, an efficient hybrid artificial intelligence model based on grey wolf metaheuristic optimization algorithm and extreme learning machine (ELM-GWO) is used for predicting landfill leachate quality (COD and BOD5) and groundwater quality (turbidity and EC) at the Saravan landfill, Rasht, Iran. In this study, leachate and groundwater samples were collected from the Saravan landfill and monitoring wells. Moreover, the concentration of different physico-chemical parameters and heavy metal concentration in leachate (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Mn, Zn, turbidity, Ca, Na, NO3, Cl, K, COD, and BOD5) and in groundwater (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Mn, Zn, turbidity, EC, TDS, pH, Cl, Na, NO3, and K). The results obtained from ELM-GWO were compared with four different artificial intelligence models: multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS), extreme learning machine (ELM), multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (MLPANN), and multilayer perceptron artificial neural network integrated with grey wolf metaheuristic optimization algorithm (MLPANN-GWO). The results of this study confirm that ELM-GWO considerably enhanced the predictive performance of the MLPANN-GWO, ELM, MLPANN, and MARS models in terms of the root-mean-square error, respectively, by 43.07%, 73.88%, 74.5%, and 88.55% for COD; 23.91%, 59.31%, 62.85%, and 77.71% for BOD5; 14.08%, 47.86%, 53.43%, and 57.04% for turbidity; and 38.57%, 59.64%, 67.94%, and 74.76% for EC. Therefore, ELM-GWO can be applied as a robust approach for investigating leachate and groundwater quality parameters in different landfill sites.
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