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Borehole Drilling in Northern Cape
Thinking of drilling a borehole in Northern Cape? 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 Northern Cape and across Northern 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 Northern Cape
With so few workshops, many farmers keep a spare pump, cable joint kit and control box parts. Kimberley, Upington and Kathu have the rewinders and pump repairers; drillers travel very long distances and price setup and travel separately, so ask. Brackish water can scale pumps and corrode fittings, so stainless bodies are worth asking about. Larger abstraction may need registration with the Department of Water and Sanitation.
Who pumps what in Northern Cape
This is the driest and emptiest province, and on most of its farms the only water is underground. Sheep and cattle farms across the Karoo and the Kalahari have long relied on windmills, and many are now changing to solar pumps that fill reservoirs by day. Some towns, De Aar among them, depend heavily on boreholes. Along the Orange River at Upington, Kakamas and Keimoes, vineyards for table grapes and raisins pump straight from the river and canals. Around Kathu, Postmasburg and Hotazel, iron ore and manganese mines dewater pits and move slurry, and Kimberley still carries its diamond heritage. Groundwater in places is brackish or high in salts, and distances between workshops are vast.
Typical borehole drilling requests in the area come from:
- Farms: several holes surveyed and drilled for stock water and irrigation
- Mines and quarries: boreholes drilled for site water supply and groundwater monitoring
- Smallholdings and plots: one borehole sited and drilled for the house, animals and a veg garden
Local tips for Northern Cape
Common here: windmill to solar conversions, Orange River irrigation pumps, mine dewatering. Ask each supplier about this: ask whether the quote sizes the reservoir for cloudy days as well as the pump. Where they work from: kimberley, Upington, Kathu and Kuruman, with smaller shops in De Aar and Springbok.
Around Northern Cape the largest group asking is farms, which usually means several holes surveyed and drilled for stock water and irrigation. Before you agree to anything: A yield test before choosing the pump. Getting a technician there: hundreds of kilometres between towns; installers often plan several farms per trip.
Service area: Northern Cape and surrounds
We pass Northern Cape requests to pump suppliers and technicians based in or regularly working in Kimberley, Upington, Kathu, Kuruman, Springbok, De Aar, Postmasburg. Rural requests should give the nearest town, so travel is quoted honestly.