Artificial Intelligence and Modeling for Water Sustainability

Artificial intelligence and the use of computational methods to extract information from data are providing adequate tools to monitor and predict water pollutants and water quality issues faster and more accurately. Smart sensors and machine learning models help detect and monitor dispersion and leakage of pollutants before they reach groundwater. With contributions from experts in academia and industries, who give a unified treatment of AI methods and their applications in water science, this book help governments, industries, and homeowners not only address water pollution problems more quickly and efficiently, but also gain better insight into the implementation of more effective remedial measures.FEATURESProvides cutting-edge AI applications in water sector.Highlights the environmental models used by experts in different countries.Discusses various types of models using AI and its tools for achieving sustainable development in water and groundwater.Includes case studies and recent research directions for environmental issues in water sector.Addresses future aspects and innovation in AI field related to watersustainability.This book will appeal to scientists, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental or computer science and industry professionals in water science and engineering, environmental management, and governmental sectors. It showcases artificial intelligence applications in detecting environmental issues, with an emphasis on the mitigation and conservation of water and underground resources.

Dr. Alaa El Din Mahmoud is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science at Alexandria University and the co-leader of the Green Technology Lab. Dr. Mahmoud is also the Vice-Chair of the National Committee of the UNESCO-MAB (Man and Biosphere) program in Egypt and a member of the alumni professional development unit in the Faculty of Science. He received his bachelor's and master’s degrees from Alexandria University in Egypt and his Ph.D. degree from Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany in 2019. His research focuses on interdisciplinary environmental issues which are related to sustainability, conservation of natural resources, water/wastewater treatment, and green nanotechnology. Dr. Mahmoud participated in many national and international workshops and conferences as a presenter, a session chair, and a member of the technical committee. He published international peer-reviewed publications with more than 30 scientific articles and conference papers as well as 15 book chapters. Moreover, he is involved in many collaborative funded research projects as a principal investigator, a consultant, and a team member. Currently, he is invited as a young editorial board member in the Biochar journal and Carbon Research journal. Among his current activities, Dr. Mahmoud is a reviewer for several prestigious journals in Elsevier, Springer, RSC society, and MDPI.In 2022, Dr. Mahmoud was named the "Sustainable Development Ambassador" (top-achiever) for the Egyptian Ministry of Planning and Economic Development as well as a certified trainer. He has been awarded the Best Young Researcher Award for his scientific contribution from the International Research and Academic Awards of the RanBal Research Institute & Bentham Science. Furthermore, he was awarded the Fulbright award 2021, "German Academic Exchange Service; DAAD Award" for conference and lecture travel abroad in two consecutive years 2018 – 2019, the American Chemical Society Award for Environmental Chemistry Division in 2018, Misr El Kheir Foundation award for postgraduates in 2014, the "Young Scientists Award" from UNESCO-MAB program in 2013. He was recognized by the Faculty of Science, Alexandria University during the Day of Excellence for scientific contributions in "Teaching & Research". During his career, he received fellowship awards from Temple University (2022), University of Texas at Austin (2021), Shanghai University (2019), University of Luxembourg (2018), TU Berlin Campus El Gouna, Egypt (2015).Prof. Manal Fawzy is one of the founders of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science - Alexandria University, where she is currently acting as a full Professor. She is the team leader of Green Technology Lab., Chair of the Egyptian National Man & Biosphere Commission to UNESCO and member of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Commission on Education and Communication (CEC). Prof. Fawzy has obtained her PhD in Plant