Living Designs Group featured in the Hi-Desert Star:

 "Do you know that the average person uses about 90 gallons of fresh water per day?" Jim asked. "What if we could cut that usage to 10 to 20 gallons?" he coaxed, and then launched into a description of the Dharma Living Systems wastewater treatment and recycling facility he and the partners would like to build into The Living Sanctuary.

Located in Taos, N.M., Dharma Systems is making quite a name for itself as the authority in "green building systems."

It integrates alternative energy and wastewater systems into communities, resorts and housing developments, and operates on the idea that ecosystems make the most reliable infrastructure. Most exciting of all to The Living Sanctuary planners is the demonstrated capability of Dharma-equipped facilities to operate perfectly well on collected rainwater in areas with annual rainfall amounts of just six to eight inches.

Except for fire use and long-term drought, the Meltons and Davis venture, The Living Sanctuary could have no need for an outside water source.

For as daring as this sounds, the venturing doesn't stop there...