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Borehole Drilling in Welkom
Thinking of drilling a borehole in Welkom? 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 Welkom and across Free State 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 Welkom
Welkom's workshops have long experience rewinding large mine motors and rebuilding pumps, and that skill carries over to farm and domestic repairs. Ask for a written repair quote before a rewind on a small pump. Solar quotes on farms should include anti-theft mounting, because panel and cable theft is a known problem in the goldfield. Pump hire for dewatering is available locally.
Welkom: the properties, the water and the pump shops
Welkom grew up on the Free State goldfields, and mine water is still the defining pumping issue. As shafts close, someone has to keep pumping or groundwater rises through the old workings, so high head shaft pumps and their motors are big business. Mine water pumped to the surface has filled pans around the town, and tailings retreatment needs slurry and return water pumps. Away from the mines, maize, sunflower and cattle farms around Hennenman and Odendaalsrus rely on boreholes, and windmills are steadily being replaced by solar pumps. Town houses in Riebeeckstad and Doorn add tanks and boosters when supply is interrupted. Ground is mostly Karoo shale and sandstone, with dolerite in places.
Typical borehole drilling requests in the area come from:
- Mines and quarries: boreholes drilled for site water supply and groundwater monitoring
- Municipalities, schools and clinics: village water project boreholes drilled, tested and equipped
- Farms: several holes surveyed and drilled for stock water and irrigation
Local tips for Welkom
Asked for most in Welkom: mine shaft and tailings pumps, farm solar borehole pumps, town tank boosters. Where the pump shops and drillers are: mine suppliers, rewinders and pump workshops in Welkom's industrial areas. A useful tip: ask for a written repair quote before any motor is rewound.
Borehole Drilling usually suit gardens, plots, farms, estates, businesses. How it is fitted: rotary percussion with air, then cased. For mines and quarries, the biggest group here, that usually means boreholes drilled for site water supply and groundwater monitoring. On the ground and water: flat Karoo shale; summer storms, cold dry winters, mine water may be saline.
Service area: Welkom and surrounds
Our network covers Welkom together with Thabong, Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Riebeeckstad, Allanridge, Hennenman. The depth, the duty and the address help a driller work out the job, the parts and the travel before quoting.