Hey guys, I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Sorry about the lack of posts so far, but get ready for them in a flurish this week.

The region recieves a minimum of 250mL a year, which is not that low for a desert. The region has high evaporation levels, meaning water doesn't collect in lakes/rivers, hence the fact that we need to adapt to this and maximise our surface area for water collection.

The above map shows where the site is, to calculate annual rainfall levels we have used those calculated for Balgo hills which is due East from our site and in the same strip as our site. It recieves around 350mL of rainfall annually.
Using this figure, our roof will collect 27 720L a year, equating to 77.8L a day, which is only a half of what we'd like to have (50L/person/day).
Inside, we have designed a system to collect any condensation from out indoor courtyard, of which we havn't worked out a figure of how much water that would collect.
We don't want to have to use bore water unless it is an emergency. Therefore another system is in order. We are also considering including an open shelter for a car in the design which would increase the surface area of the roof further

We found this water collection in the desert as a possible solution.

http://moisture.greenmuseum.org/projects/m2/h20.html
Check out the website, it explains the system over multple pages.

Some work needs to be done to find out how much water to expect from it.
I'll try post our research on solar panels and plants for the courtyard tonight.
CJ