A pump is sized by two numbers: how much water and how high it must go. Put them in one request for borehole pumps in Cape Town and we pass it to pump suppliers and installers working in Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape.
Borehole Pumps in Cape Town
Looking for a borehole pump in Cape Town? Share the yield test, the depth of the hole, the pumping level and where the water must go. Independent pump shops and borehole installers serving Cape Town can then quote for a pump sized to your hole, with the pipe, cable and control box.
New to this? Read the borehole pumps guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you buy.
Cape Town notes on borehole & water supply
Wellpoints in the sandy ground of the Cape Flats, Pinelands, Milnerton and the southern suburbs are often only a few metres deep, with a surface pump on top, while boreholes into the sandstone go much deeper. Iron in the water clogs irrigation and stains walls, so ask about it before you choose the pump. Rainwater and borehole tanks with booster pumps are common in Claremont, Constantia and the northern suburbs.
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.
Typical borehole pumps requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a 4 inch pump filling a garden tank or feeding irrigation during water cuts
- Contractors and drillers: drillers and installers fitting pumps to new or refurbished holes
- Factories, plants and depots: process and wash water from a borehole at a plant or depot
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 4 inch pump filling a garden tank or feeding irrigation during water cuts. Before you agree to anything: the borehole yield test and water level. Getting a technician there: workshops in Epping and Montague Gardens reach most of the metro the same day.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Pump suppliers and technicians on our network work in Cape Town and surrounding areas, including Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. Give your suburb or farm, so the call-out and travel can be quoted honestly.