Prediction of dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, and chemical oxygen demand using hydrometeorological variables: case study of Selangor River, Malaysia

Sinan Q. Salih, Intisar Alakili, Ufuk Beyaztas, Shamsuddin Shahid and Zaher Mundher Yaseen ()
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Sinan Q. Salih: Duy Tan University
Intisar Alakili: University of Benghazi
Ufuk Beyaztas: Bartin University
Shamsuddin Shahid: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Zaher Mundher Yaseen: Ton Duc Thang University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 5, No 72, 8027-8046

Abstract: Abstract In this research, three water quality (WQ) indexes, namely dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and chemical oxygen demand (COD), in Selangor River of peninsular Malaysia were simulated using a stochastic model based on vector auto-regression (VAR). The simulation was adopted based on three modeling scenarios of inputs as predictor: (i) related WQ parameters, (ii) WQ parameters and river flow data, and (iii) WQ parameters and rainfall data. The WQ parameters as input were determined based on the correlation analysis. The numerical analyses revealed that the prediction accuracy of VAR model substantially increases with the increase in input number. The model provided better accuracy in predictions of WQ indexes (root mean square error $$\approx$$ ≈ 0.11 and mean absolute error $$\approx$$ ≈ 0.26) when all environmental, hydrological, and climatological variables were considered. Further improvement in model performance (root mean square error $$\approx$$ ≈ 0.0248 and mean absolute error $$\approx$$ ≈ 0.1259) can be achieved if physiochemical parameters like suspended solid material and the turbidity are used as additional inputs.

Keywords: Water quality parameters; Prediction; Hydrometeorological variables; Tropical environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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