Table 9.

Top-voted barriers and solutions to clean water access in South Tarawa [urban].

# of Votes *	Top-Voted Barriers to Accessing Clean Water	Top-Voted Solutions to Accessing Clean Water
76	No rain water tank	Ask government to provide rain water tanks/funds for rain water tanks
48	No firewood/fuel to boil water	Educate communities on SODIS (solar disinfection) Ask government to lower the price of firewood
38	Poor quality well water (salty, contaminated by showers, toilets, mud, and animal feces due to inadequate well walls and covers	Build higher walls for wells (ask government to provide materials to do so)
22	No PUB (Public Utilities Board), water/pipes not working	Build own wells Report problems to the PUB PUB water to be distributed to each household, pipes to be functional
15	Septic tank contaminates water sources	Keep septic tank away from water source by 30 m Build compost toilet (as they do not require a septic tank)

* The symbol ‘#’ refers to ‘number of participant votes’ in table above.