A pump is sized by two numbers: how much water and how high it must go. Put them in one request for irrigation pumps in Kimberley and we pass it to irrigation and pump suppliers working in Kimberley and nearby areas of Northern Cape.
Irrigation Pumps in Kimberley
Planning an irrigation pump in Kimberley? Say where the water comes from, the area you want to water, the emitters you use and the power on site. Independent irrigation suppliers and pump shops serving Kimberley and Northern Cape can then quote for a pump, filter and controls sized to your lands.
The main irrigation pumps page explains the types, the sizing and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Kimberley
After long outages, many Kimberley households added a plastic tank with a booster pump, often with an inverter so it runs through load-shedding. Garden boreholes are common where the ground allows, though depth and yield vary. On farms, solar borehole pumps fill reservoirs for sheep, cattle and game, and some owners keep the windmill as a backup. Pivot and canal irrigation along the Riet and Vaal rivers needs larger three phase pumps.
Kimberley: the properties, the water and the pump shops
Kimberley's water arrives by pipeline from the Vaal River, and when a pipe bursts or a pump station fails, whole suburbs can go without water for days. That has made tanks, boosters and boreholes a normal sight in Hadison Park, Beaconsfield and the newer suburbs. Outside the city, the dry Northern Cape takes over: sheep, cattle and game farms water stock from boreholes, and solar pumps are replacing windmills on many of them. Irrigation farms along the Riet River near Ritchie and the Vaal toward Barkly West grow crops under pivots and canals. Ground is mostly dolerite and shale, which makes borehole siting more skill than luck. Diamond diggings on the river need small dewatering and slurry pumps.
Typical irrigation pumps requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a pump feeding garden sprinklers or drip lines from a borehole or tank
- Mines and quarries: pumps for rehabilitation planting and dust control on site
- Farms: three phase dam, river and borehole pumps for sprinklers and pivots
Local tips for Kimberley
Common here: tank and booster backup for supply failures, farm solar pumps, diggings pumps. Ask each supplier about this: ask how large a tank you need to last through a multi-day outage. Where they work from: pump shops and rewinders in Kimberley's industrial areas, drillers serving the district.
Sizes vary: sized to the zones that run at once. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a pump feeding garden sprinklers or drip lines from a borehole or tank. One local point to raise: installers drive long distances to farms; expect per kilometre charges.
Service area: Kimberley and surrounds
Requests from Kimberley go to pump suppliers and technicians that already serve Galeshewe, Roodepan, Ritchie, Barkly West, Hadison Park, Beaconsfield and the rest of the area. Say whether you need supply only or supply and install, and whether a site visit suits you.