“…Several authors studied various AI techniques in environmental modelling, water quality monitoring and assessment, predicting the concentrations of heavy metals and other quality parameters, and estimation and forecasting in climatic sciences (Soyupak et al, 2003;Altunkaynak, Özger, & Çakmakcı, 2005;Kisi, 2005;Ocampo-Duque, Ferré-Huguet, Domingo, & Schuhmacher, 2006;Sengorur, Dogan, Koklu, & Samandar, 2006;Terzi, Keskin, & Taylan, 2006;Dahiya, Singh, Gaur, Garg, & Kushwaha, 2007;Icaga, 2007 2008; Hanbay, Turkoglu, & Demir, 2008;Dogan, Sengorur, & Koklu, 2009;Lermontov, Yokoyama, Lermontov, & Machado, 2009;Rehana & Mujumdar, 2009;Singh, Basant, Malik, & Jain, 2009;Ranković, Radulović, Radojević, Ostojić, & Čomić, 2010;Akkoyunlu, Altun, & Cigizoglu, 2011;Ay & Kisi, 2011Areerachakul, 2012;Hisar, Sönmez, Kaya, & Aras Hisar, 2012;Kisi & Ay, 2012;Qasaimeh et al, 2012;Sönmez, Hisar, & Yanık, 2012, 2013bSönmez, Hasiloglu, Hisar, Aras Mehan, & Kaya, 2013a;Chen & Liu, 2014;Emamgholizadeh, Kashi, Marofpoor, & Zalaghi, 2014;Heddam, 2014;Nemati, Naghipour, & Fazeli Fard, 2014;Yılmaz Öztürk, Akköz, Aşıkkutlu, & Gümüş, 2014;Ahmed & Shah, 2015;Alte & Sadgir, 2015;Csábrági, Molnár, Tanos, & Kovács, 2015, 2017...…”