text ; Water stress is a worldwide reality. Planners and managers of water resources around the world are tasked with finding new, creative, and innovative solutions to challenges posed by growing populations and declining water supplies. Securing safe drinking water, however, has impacts beyond the water sector. In particular, the connection between energy and water must be carefully considered to avoid unwelcome increases in energy consumption as a result of new water management strategies. One strategy that is gaining increasing attention is desalination of brackish groundwater. However, desalination is an energy-intensive process and could have negative impacts in the energy sector if conventional approaches are used. Relying on fossil fuels for desalination could drive up carbon dioxide emissions associated with water treatment and increase the cost required to produce drinking water. Integrating desalination with renewable power sources such as wind and so- lar energy can mitigate concerns regarding the energy intensity of desalination. By coupling water treatment with non-carbon emitting sources of power, it is possible to meet growing water demands in a sustainable manner. At the same time, water pro- duction offers an opportunity to address problems associated with the intermittent nature of wind and solar power production. Desalination is a time-flexible process that pairs well with wind and solar power, two sources of energy that are limited in application by their daily and seasonal variability. Integrating desalination with wind and solar power offers a solution to energetic challenges of water production while using wind and solar power for desalination offers a solution to challenges associated with the intermittent nature of renewable power. Additionally, utilizing photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) solar modules in an inte- grated facility could be advantageous to both the water and solar power production processes. Brackish groundwater, which is at a relatively cool temperature, can be used to cool ...