Water Quality Analysis of Drinking Water Resource Lake Sapanca and Suggestions for the Solution of the Pollution Problem in the Context of Sustainable Environment Approach

Muhammed Ernur Akıner and İlknur Akıner
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Muhammed Ernur Akıner: Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Akdeniz University, Campus, Antalya 07070, Turkey
İlknur Akıner: Faculty of Architecture, Akdeniz University, Campus, Antalya 07070, Turkey

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: Lake Sapanca is the drinking water source of the Sakarya province of Turkey. Intensive urbanization in the region is the main obstacle to implementing appropriate physical planning and measures to adapt to rapid change. The monitoring of the water quality parameters in the planning and management of the lakes is significant. The Artificial Neural Network (ANN), a mathematical representation of the human brain’s functioning, was employed to estimate the Lake’s Dissolved Oxygen (DO) concentration. pH, Magnesium (Mg), Temperature (Temp), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Orthophosphate (o-PO 4 ), Nitrite Nitrogen (NO 2 -N), and Nitrate Nitrogen (NO 3 -N) were used as independent parameters. The successful ANN model gives better results compared to the traditional multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis. The developed model can be used for forecast purposes to complete the missing data in the future and support the decision process for pollution reduction through sustainable environmental management. The eutrophication threat for Lake Sapanca has been revealed. The main objective is to create the scientific infrastructure that will draw attention to the rapid urbanization problem with ANN and eutrophication models’ outputs. It has been understood that the protection of the water budget of Lake Sapanca is the primary solution method in terms of ecological sustainability to eliminate the existing pollution.

Keywords: artificial neural network; dissolved oxygen; ecological sustainability; eutrophication; Lake Sapanca Basin; pollution; sustainability; urbanization; water quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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