NDLI: Market Potential for Desalination Plants Powered by Renewable Energy Sources in the Gaza Strip of Palestine

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Market Potential for Desalination Plants Powered by Renewable Energy Sources in the Gaza Strip of Palestine

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Sader, Emir Hallak, H.
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	In this study a Geographic Information System (GIS) was applied to analyze water demand, water shortage in the Palestinian Territories (PTs), in terms of the administrative regions in the West Bank (WB) and Gaza Strip (GS). The total water demand for the PTs is 281.9 MCM, 51% of it is for irrigation, 46% for domestic use, and about 3% are for industry. The analysis reveals severe shortage problems, in all regions of GS and in some regions of the WB. The total water shortage in the PTs amounts to about 99 MCM, 20 MCM in the GS and 79 MCM in the WB. Assuming that the Palestinian will have full control on their water resources, in the near future, then there would be no shortage of water in the WB. On the other hand GS rely totally, on its water supply, on ground water pumped from the coastal aquifer. Thus the quality of water, in the GS, is continuously deteriorating, due to over pumping of the ground water, and the intrusion of seawater onto the coastal aquifer. This creates a serious water shortage in the GS. To this region the GIS tool was applied to locate, design and evaluate various desalination plants, powered by renewable energy source available in GS. Three scenarios were set and investigated to fulfill major part the water demand in Gaza Strip, by seawater desalination. This study reveals that in all cases, the water production costs compete with the present charge for conventional water, which is of deteriorating quality.
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Language	English
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