Compare the pump, the motor, the pipe and cable and the fitting before you choose. A free request for solar borehole pumps in KwaZulu-Natal goes to a solar pump installer serving towns and cities across KwaZulu-Natal, and you see the quotes side by side.
Solar Borehole Pumps in KwaZulu-Natal
Want a solar borehole pump in KwaZulu-Natal? 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 KwaZulu-Natal and KwaZulu-Natal can then quote for a matched kit.
The main solar borehole pumps page explains the types, the sizing and the costs in more detail.
KwaZulu-Natal notes on borehole & water supply
Where eThekwini supply is unreliable, households in areas like Verulam, Phoenix and the upper highway fit a tank with a <a href="/jojo-tank-pumps/">tank pump</a> or booster. Midlands farms around Howick, Mooi River and Greytown use three phase irrigation pumps from rivers and dams, and cane growers inland of the coast pump for irrigation in dry spells. Boreholes in the interior are common on farms and smallholdings.
Water and ground in KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal has more rain than most of the country, and its pumping problems are often about too much water rather than too little. The floods of April 2022 left basements, yards and pump stations in and around Durban under water, and summer downpours still fill sumps fast. Along the coast, sandy ground around Durban, Richards Bay and the North and South Coast means construction sites rely on wellpoints and dewatering pumps, and many coastal estates run sewage pump stations. Inland, sugar cane, Midlands dairy and timber farms pump from rivers, dams and boreholes, and Newcastle has heavy industry. Yet water cuts in parts of eThekwini have also driven homes towards tanks and boosters.
The requests we see from KwaZulu-Natal usually come from:
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a solar pump filling irrigation tanks for the communal gardens
- Contractors and drillers: installers fitting solar kits and frames, and removing old windmills
- Homeowners: a small solar pump filling a garden tank from the borehole without using grid power
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
Asked for most in KwaZulu-Natal: wellpoint dewatering in coastal sand, estate sewage stations, tank boosters. Where the pump shops and drillers are: jacobs, Prospecton, Pinetown, New Germany, Riverhorse Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Alton. A useful tip: ask whether the station quote includes a high level alarm and backup power.
Sizes vary: sized to daily litres at the total head. Here, complexes, estates and body corporates lead the requests, typically for a solar pump filling irrigation tanks for the communal gardens. One local point to raise: durban and Pinetown yards reach the coast quickly; Midlands farms from Pietermaritzburg.
Service area: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
Pump suppliers and technicians on our network work throughout KwaZulu-Natal, including Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone. For smaller towns, farms and lodges, ask how the call-out and travel are charged.