Need solar borehole pumps in Cape Town? SubmersiblePump.co.za puts homeowners, smallholdings, farms and businesses in Cape Town in touch with solar pump suppliers and installers serving Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape. 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.
Solar Borehole Pumps in Cape Town
Want a solar borehole pump in Cape Town? Tell suppliers the water you need each day, the depth and yield of the hole, the distance to the tank and whether theft is a worry. Independent solar pump suppliers and installers serving Cape Town and Western Cape can then quote for a matched kit.
New to this? Read the solar borehole pumps guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you buy.
What to know locally in Cape Town
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.
The requests we see from Cape Town usually come from:
- Homeowners: a small solar pump filling a garden tank from the borehole without using grid power
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a solar pump filling irrigation tanks for the communal gardens
- Offices, shops, hotels and lodges: lodges and farm stalls pumping borehole water to storage far from the grid
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 small solar pump filling a garden tank from the borehole without using grid power. Before you agree to anything: borehole yield and daily water use. Getting a technician there: workshops in Epping and Montague Gardens reach most of the metro the same day.
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 solar pump installer work out the job, the parts and the travel before quoting.