Predictive Analysis of Groundwater Resources Using Random Forest Regression

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The lack of water is one of the most crucial problems of our day; therefore, optimized water resource management and predictions gathered by patrons are of utmost importance. In the turmoil of a country like India, which lives a variety of lifestyles and has a complicated network of rivers, the urgent need for an active point of view to take care of water shortages becomes exceptionally vital. In this study, India’s groundwater, available at the district level for the year 2017, was the area of focus, with this analysis utilizing a dataset of 689 rows, each representing a district, and 16 columns describing the various groundwater extraction and recharge metrics. The study involves five regression models adapting RandomForestRegressor, DecisionTreeRegressor, MLPRegressor, KNeighborsRegressor, and SupportVectorRegression for water resource evaluation and prediction. Every model is appraised by using a thorough metrics set where we incorporate Mean Squared Error (MSE), Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Explained Variance Score (EVS), Max Error, Median Absolute Error (MAE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), R-squared (R2), among others. Our results put the spotlight on RandomForestRegressor, making MSE measures the same as 0.000206624, endorsing its better performance versus the criteria considered. The approach used in this model provides us with an ensemble effect that makes it more robust in the sense that we can capture the interrelationships within the dataset in a comprehensive way. DecisionTreeRegressor also provides nice options for precision and transparency. The use of such models depicts the potential value of predictive analytics, which has the role of improving resource management and planning because we can all agree that the impending water crisis is also a fact. These research outcomes provide us with important data for well-informed decisionmaking and strategic management of water reserves through all avenues and most affected areas to air most of the impact of water scarcity.