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Water Quality Monitoring And Ground Water Level Prediction Using Machine Learning

Researchers applied machine learning techniques to water quality monitoring and groundwater level prediction, demonstrating the potential of data-driven approaches for environmental sensing and resource management.

2025 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS
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Efficient and accurate microplastics identification and segmentation in urban waters using convolutional neural networks

Researchers developed convolutional neural network models for efficiently identifying and segmenting microplastics in urban water samples from southern China. The study found that deep learning approaches can significantly reduce the time and labor required for microplastic identification compared to manual methods, offering a scalable tool for monitoring microplastic pollution in urban waterways.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 12 citations
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Meta-Analysis of Satellite Observations for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring the Potential of Machine Learning for Water Quality Monitoring

This meta-analysis and bibliometric review found that machine learning models, particularly random forest and neural networks, outperform conventional statistical methods for satellite-based water quality monitoring. While focused on remote sensing rather than microplastics directly, the methods could be applied to large-scale tracking of plastic pollution in surface waters.

2023 Environments 37 citations
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Enhanced spatiotemporal mapping of urban wetland microplastics: An interpretable CNN-GRU approach using satellite imagery and limited samples

Researchers built an interpretable CNN-GRU deep learning model combining satellite remote sensing with limited in-situ measurements to map microplastic distribution in urban wetlands with enhanced spatiotemporal resolution, enabling more comprehensive monitoring with less field sampling.

2025 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Riverine Microplastic Quantification: A Novel Approach Integrating Satellite Images, Neural Network, and Suspended Sediment Data as a Proxy

Researchers developed satellite-based models using neural network algorithms to estimate riverine microplastic concentrations, using suspended sediment concentration as a proxy, offering a cost-effective approach for broad-scale freshwater microplastic monitoring.

2023 Sensors 23 citations
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Secchi Disk Depth Estimation from China’s New Generation of GF-5 Hyperspectral Observations Using a Semi-Analytical Scheme

Researchers validated a satellite-based method for estimating water clarity (Secchi disk depth) in Chinese lakes using hyperspectral imagery. While focused on remote sensing of water quality, such tools can be applied to monitoring microplastic distribution in aquatic environments by proxy.

2020 Remote Sensing 26 citations
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Chlorophyll-a Detection Algorithms at Different Depths Using In Situ, Meteorological, and Remote Sensing Data in a Chilean Lake

Researchers used a combination of field measurements, weather data, and satellite imagery to estimate chlorophyll-a concentrations at different depths in a Chilean lake. They compared deep learning and statistical models and found all three approaches performed well for predicting algal levels in the freshwater ecosystem. The study advances water quality monitoring techniques that can help track environmental changes, including those potentially linked to pollution.

2024 Remote Sensing 13 citations
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SNOWED: Automatically Constructed Dataset of Satellite Imagery for Water Edge Measurements

Researchers developed SNOWED, an automatically constructed dataset of satellite imagery with labeled water edges, enabling deep learning models to accurately detect and monitor shoreline changes for environmental monitoring applications.

2023 Sensors 14 citations
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Deep Learning-Based Image Recognition System for Automated Microplastic Detection and Water Pollution Monitoring

This study developed a deep learning image recognition system to automate the detection and classification of microplastics from microscopy images of water samples. The system achieved high accuracy across particle types and sizes, offering a scalable and less labor-intensive alternative to manual microscopy for large-scale water pollution monitoring.

2025 Artificial Intelligence Systems and Its Applications
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Water Pollution and Its Causes in the Tuojiang River Basin, China: An Artificial Neural Network Analysis

Researchers used artificial neural network analysis to assess water quality and identify pollution causes in the Tuojiang River Basin in China, examining parameters including dissolved oxygen and ammonia-nitrogen to understand contamination patterns and risks in this waterway.

2021 Sustainability 27 citations
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Modeling of daily groundwater level using deep learning neural networks

Researchers applied a CNN-biLSTM deep learning model to predict daily groundwater levels, finding it outperformed conventional modeling approaches by capturing both spatial patterns and temporal dependencies in the data. The method offers improved accuracy for groundwater monitoring, which is critical for managing increasingly stressed freshwater resources.

2023 Turkish Journal of Engineering 12 citations
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Evaluation of microplastic pollution in urban lentic ecosystem using remote sensing, GIS, and Support Vector Machine (SVM): relevance for environmental and ecological risk

Researchers assessed microplastic pollution in 24 urban ponds and lakes in Kolkata, India, finding significantly higher concentrations during the post-monsoon season, with fibers making up about 59% of all particles. They developed machine learning and remote sensing models that achieved up to 98% accuracy in identifying water bodies and predicting microplastic levels from satellite imagery. The study demonstrates that combining field sampling with remote sensing technology can enable large-scale monitoring of urban microplastic pollution.

2026 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
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Chlorophyll-a unveiled: unlocking reservoir insights through remote sensing in a subtropical reservoir

Researchers used satellite data from Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 combined with machine learning to estimate chlorophyll-a concentrations — a measure of algae levels — in a South African reservoir. This remote sensing approach enables water managers to monitor reservoir health continuously without costly field sampling, helping detect harmful algal blooms earlier.

2024 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 14 citations
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An Effective Machine Learning Scheme to Analyze and Predict the Concentration of Persistent Pollutants in the Great Lakes

Scientists applied multiple machine learning methods to predict concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the Great Lakes, finding that LSTM neural networks outperformed simpler models for these complex time-series patterns. Similar predictive modeling could track microplastic concentrations in large water bodies over time.

2021 IEEE Access 12 citations
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Urban Water Quality Assessment Based on Remote Sensing Reflectance Optical Classification

Researchers developed an urban water quality assessment method combining remote sensing reflectance optical classification with traditional water quality grading principles, enabling spatially and temporally continuous monitoring of urban water bodies.

2021 Remote Sensing 26 citations
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Harnessing Deep Learning for Real-Time Water Quality Assessment: A Sustainable Solution

Researchers developed a deep learning system that can predict water quality in real time based on measurements like pH, turbidity, and dissolved solids. While not directly about microplastics, this kind of AI-powered monitoring tool could eventually be adapted to detect microplastic contamination in water supplies more quickly and affordably than current lab-based methods.

2024 Water 24 citations
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Underwater Image Detection for Cleaning Purposes; Techniques Used for Detection Based on Machine Learning

Researchers reviewed machine learning techniques for underwater image detection to support water pollution cleanup, focusing on convolutional neural networks and region-based CNN methods for identifying surface mucilage and debris. The study evaluated supervised classification algorithms as the most effective approach for automated aquatic waste detection systems.

2022 Acta Marisiensis Seria Technologica 2 citations
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AI-Based Waste Detection for Water Quality Monitoring in the Cisadane River: A Deep Learning Approach

Researchers developed a hybrid CNN+YOLOv7 deep learning model for detecting organic and inorganic waste in the Cisadane River, Indonesia, achieving 87% classification accuracy. The AI system enables real-time water quality monitoring for waste including plastics, supporting faster intervention by environmental agencies.

2025 GEMA Lingkungan Kesehatan
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Flux to Flow: a Clearer View of Earth’s Water Cycle Via Neural Networks and Satellite Data

This dissertation developed neural network methods to enhance the spatial resolution of satellite measurements of Earth's water cycle, enabling finer-scale monitoring of hydrological processes such as precipitation, evaporation, and runoff across diverse environments.

2023
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Aquatic Trash Detection and Classification: a Machine Learning and Deep Learning Perspective

This review examines machine learning and deep learning approaches for detecting and classifying aquatic trash in waterways, evaluating how computer vision algorithms trained on underwater and surface imagery can automate pollution monitoring for faster, more scalable ocean cleanup.

2025 International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science
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Automatic Detection of Microplastics in the Aqueous Environment

Researchers developed a deep-learning system for real-time detection and counting of microplastics in freshwater, achieving high accuracy for particles 1 mm and larger.

2023 10 citations
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Deep Learning Based Approach to Classify Saline Particles in Sea Water

Researchers developed a deep learning classification approach to identify saline particles in seawater images, demonstrating high accuracy in distinguishing salt crystals from other particles, with potential application to automated water quality monitoring systems.

2021 Water 38 citations
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Drinking water potability prediction using machine learning approaches: a case study of Indian rivers

Researchers applied machine learning techniques to predict drinking water quality in Indian rivers based on key parameters like pH, dissolved oxygen, and bacterial counts. Their models achieved high accuracy in classifying water as potable or non-potable. The study demonstrates how data-driven approaches could help developing countries monitor water safety more efficiently, especially in regions where traditional testing infrastructure is limited.

2023 Water Practice & Technology 16 citations
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A Machine Learning Approach To Microplastic Detection And Quantification In Aquatic Environments

This study developed a machine learning approach for detecting and quantifying microplastics in aquatic environments, demonstrating that automated image analysis can improve throughput and accuracy compared to manual microscopic counting for environmental monitoring applications.

2025 International Journal of Environmental Sciences