Ahmad Ihsan, Khairul Muttaqin, Nurul Fadillah, Rahmatul Fajri, Mursyidah Mursyidah
Drinking water safety is a critical global issue, as pathogenic bacteria in water can cause various severe diseases, including diarrhea and systemic infections. Rapid and accurate detection of hazardous bacteria is key to ensuring water quality, especially in regions with limited access to water treatment facilities. Conventional detection methods, such as bacterial culture, are often time-consuming and may not detect bacteria in the "viable but non-culturable" (VBNC) state. To address these limitations, this study proposes the development of an optimized Convolutional Neural Network-Recurrent Neural Network (CNN-RNN) model for identifying harmful bacteria in drinking water samples. The CNN is used to extract spatial features from microscopic bacterial images, while the RNN handles temporal patterns in bacterial growth, enabling the system to detect bacteria more accurately. Experimental results show that the model, when using bacterial image staining, achieved 97.51% accuracy, 98.57% sensitivity, and 94.89% specificity. Even without image staining, the model still performed well, with 96.23% accuracy and 98.89% specificity. These findings indicate that the optimized CNN-RNN model can provide an efficient and rapid solution for detecting hazardous bacteria in drinking water. This research paves the way for further development, including the integration of IoT for real-time water quality monitoring. © 2025 The Author(s)
Department of Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Samudra, Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Samudra, Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Multimedia Engineering Technology, Politeknik Negeri Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia
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