The details make the quote: how much water, what is in it, how far it must be lifted and how soon it must be gone. Send one request with them and we pass it to sewage pump suppliers and drainage contractors working in Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape.
Sewage Pumps in Cape Town
Looking for a sewage pump in Cape Town? Say what drains into the chamber (a toilet, a flat, a kitchen or a whole building), how far below the sewer it sits, the distance to the connection and whether there is power backup. Pump suppliers and drainage contractors around Cape Town can then quote.
Want to know more first? Our sewage pumps guide covers the options, what to ask for and what affects the price.
Cape Town notes on drainage, sewage & dewatering
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 sewage pumps requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: a basement bathroom or granny flat below the street sewer pumped up to the connection
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a clubhouse or low lying units pumped into the estate sewer network
- Offices, shops, hotels and lodges: lodges, restaurants and basement ablutions with pumps sized for heavy daily use
Local tips for Cape Town
Common here: wellpoints and garden borehole pumps, basement sumps, construction dewatering. Ask each supplier about this: ask whether the borehole or wellpoint will be registered with the City. Where they work from: epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland and Salt River.
Sizes vary: single phase homes, three phase for buildings. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for a basement bathroom or granny flat below the street sewer pumped up to the connection. One local point to raise: workshops in Epping and Montague Gardens reach most of the metro the same day.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Requests from Cape Town go to pump suppliers and technicians that already serve Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River and the rest of the area. Say whether you need supply only or supply and install, and whether a site visit suits you.