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Drainage Pumps in Cape Town
Need a drainage pump in Cape Town? Say where the water is (a basement, a garage, a pool, a pond or a tank), roughly how much there is, whether it is clean or carries silt and leaves, and how far the hose must run. Pump shops and hire companies around Cape Town can then quote.
New to this? Read the drainage pumps guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you buy.
What to know locally in Cape Town
Winter is flood season. Basements and lift pits in the city bowl, on the Foreshore and in Century City need sump pumps with duty and standby, and building sites in sandy ground often need wellpoints or dewatering pumps before excavation. Low lying parts of the Cape Flats flood every winter, and drainage pump hire peaks from June to August. Estates on the edge of the metro run sewage pump stations.
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 drainage pumps requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a flooded basement, garage or low patio pumped out after a heavy thunderstorm
- Contractors and drillers: rainwater pumped out of footings and service trenches between pours
- Factories, plants and depots: wash bays, drainage pits and loading docks pumped clear of rainwater
Local tips for Cape Town
Pump suppliers serving Cape Town mostly work from here: epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland and Salt River. The jobs that come up most: wellpoints and garden borehole pumps, basement sumps, construction dewatering. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the borehole or wellpoint will be registered with the City.
Drainage Pumps usually suit basements, garages, pools, ponds and tanks. How it is fitted: dropped into the water, float switch starts. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a flooded basement, garage or low patio pumped out after a heavy thunderstorm. On the ground and water: winter rain and flooding; dry windy summers; iron in shallow water in many suburbs.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Our network covers Cape Town together with Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. The depth, the duty and the address help a pump supplier work out the job, the parts and the travel before quoting.