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Borehole Drilling in Cape Town
Thinking of drilling a borehole in Cape Town? Send the area, what the water is for, how much access a rig has, and what holes nearby have found if you know, so drillers who work in Cape Town and across Western Cape can quote rates per metre, casing and testing.
The main borehole drilling page explains the types, the sizing and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Cape Town
Cape Town has a deep bench of drillers, pump repairers, rewinders and hire yards in Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland and Salt River. Wellpoint pumps lose prime and wear from sand, so foot valves, seals and impellers are common spares. Ask installers to state whether the price includes registration paperwork, the electrical work by a qualified electrician, and the first test run of the pump.
Water and ground in Cape Town
The drought of 2015 to 2018, and the talk of Day Zero, turned Cape Town into a city of boreholes and wellpoints. Thousands of homes tapped the sandy Cape Flats aquifer and deeper sandstone aquifers for gardens and pools, and the City now asks owners to register boreholes and wellpoints and follow its rules on use, so check with the municipality. Shallow water in the southern suburbs often carries iron that stains walls and paving. Winter rain fills basements and lift pits in the city bowl and on the Foreshore, which is built on reclaimed land, and floods low lying parts of the Cape Flats. Pump shops, rewinders and hire yards are spread through Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland and Salt River.
The requests we see from Cape Town usually come from:
- Homeowners: a garden borehole in the suburbs drilled to ride out water cuts
- Offices, shops, hotels and lodges: a lodge, school or hotel drilling a borehole for backup water
- Contractors and drillers: a building contractor arranging a borehole for a new development
Local tips for Cape Town
Asked for most in Cape Town: wellpoints and garden borehole pumps, basement sumps, construction dewatering. Where the pump shops and drillers are: epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland and Salt River. A useful tip: ask whether the borehole or wellpoint will be registered with the City.
Around Cape Town the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a garden borehole in the suburbs drilled to ride out water cuts. Before you agree to anything: A yield test before choosing the pump. Getting a technician there: workshops in Epping and Montague Gardens reach most of the metro the same day.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Requests from Cape Town go to pump suppliers and technicians that already serve Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River and the rest of the area. Say whether you need supply only or supply and install, and whether a site visit suits you.