theres an OZ dvd documentary , putuparri and the rain makers . theres actual footage of these aborigines finding the tiniest puddle of water in the desert then time goes by ...dance etc and eventually theres enough water to wash an elephant in , they dont , but its a decent size swimming pool and no camera magic is involved . they are in the desert and theres no other water source .
http://putuparriandtherainmakers.com/we are only on tank water . it hadnt rained since sept or so . there was a storm a week ago , best thing ever !!
being in desert maybe you could have recycled water in way of glass house and plants evaporate the water . plants want light , CO2 and water and give off H2O and Ox . in the nature shows they have demo of a plastic bag over a tree and at the end of the day theres a collection of water . sounds involved but if it were me Id think on that one . even some kind of under ground set up . solar distillery or something . theres solar composting toilets at the local park about 2km from here , they dont stink either
as a bench mark we pretty much do everything wrong so anything better than , is a step in the right direction
pretty sure I seen a documentary of an Indian teacher going around schools trying to get kids back into trad food , corn etc and he had glass houses , might have been NM