This communication describes an approach to enhance water supplies in arid Middle Eastern countries by using alternative fuels to power desalination plants. The demand for clean drinking water is becoming critical (Al- Rimmawi, 2010) in many parts of the world, and the focus is on the use of sustainable resources to augment aquatic sources, such as groundwater and reservoirs. Desalination plants are currently run on fossil fuel derivatives, which could be replaced in the interest of mitigating climate change (El-Nashar, 1989) and reducing our dependence on them.
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