Tangintebu Theological College is a village of its own on South Tarawa. It has limited access to safe drinking water for its 250 residents of mainly students and teaching staff and families. Tangintebu village is located on a narrow slip of land bounded on both sides by the sea. The well waters are heavily drawn out by electric pumps from almost each household and because of the long speel of drought, the wall water is now brackish and unsafe for drinking.

The project proposes developing an overhead tank (fed by a solar submersion pump from a constructed water gallery, and water reticulating system to all households in the village. All households with permanent roofs will be provided with rain water tanks and the school kitchen will demonstrate the use of a solar water purification system, so the whole village will have access to portable water on a twenty-four-hour daily basis. The whole village community will be trained in hygiene and sanitation behaviour change to improve behavirous of their fellow villagers and reduce the risk of contamination of the environment and the watershed. The water gallery, watershed and the piped water system will be protected and rules put in place to protect the whole village system. Through the implementation of climate change technologies (solar pump and panels) this project will be able to improve sustainable land and watershed management as well as improve household sanitation and health. The value systems (for example, improved team approaches) of the village communities will be strengthened, enabling them to address other developmental challenges. There will also be a greater sense of ownership amongst community members.