Need irrigation pumps in Pietermaritzburg? SubmersiblePump.co.za puts homeowners, smallholdings, farms and businesses in Pietermaritzburg in touch with irrigation and pump suppliers serving Pietermaritzburg and nearby areas of KwaZulu-Natal. Send one request with the depth, the flow you need and the power on site, and they quote you directly, free and with no obligation.
Irrigation Pumps in Pietermaritzburg
Planning an irrigation pump in Pietermaritzburg? 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 Pietermaritzburg and KwaZulu-Natal 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 Pietermaritzburg
Boreholes around Hilton, Howick and Merrivale feed gardens, stables and tunnels, and depths and yields vary, so a yield test before buying the pump saves trouble. In town, homes in Hayfields and Northdale add a plastic tank, a booster pump and a pressure vessel for outages. Dairy farms further out run three phase borehole pumps for troughs and parlours, and some have added solar pumps to cut electricity costs.
Pietermaritzburg: the properties, the water and the pump shops
Pietermaritzburg sits in a bowl below the Midlands, with Midmar Dam and the Umgeni River upstream feeding the city through the bulk water system. Many suburbs have had outages and low pressure when pipes fail, so tanks with booster pumps are common in Hayfields, Scottsville and Northdale. Up the hill in Hilton, and out towards Howick and Merrivale, smallholdings and lifestyle plots drill boreholes for gardens, horses and vegetable tunnels. The Midlands summer brings violent thunderstorms with lightning that destroys control boxes, and the Msunduzi River rises after heavy rain. Pump shops, rewinders and irrigation suppliers work from Willowton and Mkondeni, close to the N3, and many also serve dairy and timber farms further into the Midlands.
The requests we see from Pietermaritzburg usually come from:
- Homeowners: a pump feeding garden sprinklers or drip lines from a borehole or tank
- Offices, shops, hotels and lodges: irrigation pumps for golf courses, lodges, schools and nurseries
- Factories, plants and depots: pumps for landscaped grounds and reuse water at plants
Local tips for Pietermaritzburg
Common here: smallholding borehole pumps, tank boosters for outages, surge protection. Ask each supplier about this: ask whether the control box has lightning and surge protection fitted. Where they work from: willowton and Mkondeni industrial areas, close to the N3.
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 cover Hilton, Howick and the Midlands farms from workshops in town.
Service area: Pietermaritzburg and surrounds
Requests from Pietermaritzburg go to pump suppliers and technicians that already serve Edendale, Imbali, Scottsville, Hilton, Howick, Hayfields, Northdale and the rest of the area. Say whether you need supply only or supply and install, and whether a site visit suits you.