Locating the best place to build a desalination plant with artificial intelligence (Chabahar study area, Iran)

Abstract

Due to the increase in world population, water consumption will increase significantly It has
become one of the main problems of drinking water supply. On the one hand, compensable
water resources are declining, and on the other hand, in some areas due to drought due to lack
of rainfall and lack of access to surface and groundwater resources, drilling wells does not help
to solve this problem. Therefore other methods such as water desalination or desalination
should be considered. In Iran, due to the climatic conditions of the country, the need to
produce drinking water in low capacities, for sparsely populated and remote areas, is an issue
that has received less attention so far. While in arid and desert areas, which are large in the
central regions of Iran, on the one hand, the need for fresh water is one of the main problems
of the people of these areas and on the other hand, solar energy with appropriate radiation
intensity in this area available. Artificial intelligence is expanding in all sciences and all walks
of life, and this technology is advancing day by day. Scientists hope that thanks to recent
advances in artificial intelligence, control and monitoring methods for water treatment plants
will be simpler and cheaper than before. This research, uses artificial intelligence and criteria
such as the topography of the region, the distance between Chabahar and Konarak, and type
of land use. Distance from communication roads, distance from the river, proximity to water
areas (beach) to the location of desalination has been done.