Borehole Water Filtration South Africa starts with the laboratory report, not with a catalogue. Each problem has its own fix: sediment, iron, hardness, bacteria and salts are five different systems. Send the analysis with your request and compare quotes on kit that matches it.
- Know what each stage of treatment should cost, so you never pay too much.
- Send the water analysis once, and quotes come back fast.
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Get the Best QuoteBorehole Water Filtration Prices
Ballpark figures so you can check a quotation.
| Item | Ballpark price |
|---|---|
| Sediment filter housing and cartridges, installed | R2,500 - R8,500 |
| Sand and cyclone separator | R3,500 - R12,000 |
| Iron and manganese removal filter, domestic | R14,000 - R45,000 |
| Water softener, domestic | R12,000 - R38,000 |
| UV steriliser, whole house | R6,500 - R22,000 |
| Reverse osmosis, under counter drinking tap | R6,500 - R18,000 |
| Reverse osmosis, whole house | R45,000 - R180,000 |
| Activated carbon polishing stage | R3,500 - R12,000 |
| Annual consumables, typical domestic system | R1,500 - R6,500 |
Prices JUST UPDATED. Ballpark figures, rounded, excluding VAT. They reflect typical South African borehole drilling, pump and water treatment rates. They are not our prices or quotations, and no provider is bound by them. Drilling is quoted PER METRE and the depth is not known until the hole is down, so confirm what each quotation includes, such as mobilisation, casing, development and what you pay if no water is found.
Matching the Fix to the Problem
- Sediment and sand. A cyclone separator and cartridge or bag filters. Always first in the line.
- Iron and manganese. Oxidation and a media filter, or a dosing system on high levels. The usual South African job.
- Hardness and scale. An ion exchange softener, with salt to regenerate it.
- Bacteria. UV sterilisation, which needs clear water in front of it to work at all.
- Salts and nitrate. Reverse osmosis, usually only on a drinking tap rather than the whole house.
- Taste, smell and colour. Activated carbon, as a polishing stage.
Whole House or Point of Use
- Whole house. Everything after the tank is treated. Right for sediment, iron and hardness.
- Point of use. A kitchen tap system. Right for reverse osmosis, where treating the whole house is wasteful.
- Split the job. Sediment and iron for the house, reverse osmosis at the sink. The common sensible answer.
- Irrigation. Usually needs sediment removal only, to protect emitters and nozzles.
- Pool top up. Iron removal matters here, because iron stains a pool surface.
Running It
- Cartridges. Replaced on a schedule or on pressure drop. The ongoing cost people forget.
- Backwashing. Media filters flush themselves and need a drain and water to do it.
- Softener salt. A regular consumable, and a real monthly cost on very hard water.
- UV lamps. Replaced annually whether or not they still glow, because output falls long before that.
- Pressure loss. Every stage costs pressure. Four stages on a weak pump leaves nothing at the shower.
- Retest after installation. The only proof the system does what it was sold to do.
Get a price for your own water rather than a range.
Get the Best QuoteWhat Affects the Price
- What is in the water. The analysis decides the system. Iron and hardness together is two stages.
- How much water a day. Flow rate sizes every vessel in the line.
- Whole house or one tap. Reverse osmosis for a kitchen tap against the whole house is a wide gap.
- Whether there is a drain. Backwashing filters need somewhere to flush to.
- Available pressure. A weak pump may need a booster once stages are added.
- Automation. Timer or metered regeneration costs more and wastes less salt and water.
- Housing it. A pump house, a slab and plumbing for a bank of vessels.
What to Include in Your Request
- The water analysis. The single most useful thing you can send. A quote without it is a guess.
- What you have noticed. Staining, scale, smell, taste, cloudiness.
- Litres a day. And the peak flow you need at the house.
- What is being supplied. The whole house, the garden, a drinking tap or a business.
- The existing setup. Tank, pressure pump, any filtration already in line.
- The address. Suburb and town, so a provider knows whether they cover it.
Before You Buy a System
- Test the water first. A system sold without an analysis is a system sold on a hunch.
- Ask which parameter each stage fixes. Stage by stage, against your own report.
- Ask about pressure drop. Across the whole train, at your peak flow.
- Ask what it costs to run. Cartridges, salt, lamps and backwash water, per year.
- Ask about the drain and the slab. Backwashing needs both, and they are often excluded.
- Agree a retest. After installation, as proof. Put it in the order.
Borehole Water Filtration FAQs
Do I need to filter my borehole water?
Only the laboratory report can say. Many South African boreholes need nothing more than a sediment filter; others carry iron, hardness, nitrate or bacteria that need treating. Testing against SANS 241 first and buying treatment second is both cheaper and more effective than the other way round.
How much does borehole water filtration cost?
A sediment filter is roughly R2,500 to R8,500 installed. Iron and manganese removal is R14,000 to R45,000, a domestic softener R12,000 to R38,000, whole house UV R6,500 to R22,000, and an under counter reverse osmosis tap R6,500 to R18,000. Consumables typically run R1,500 to R6,500 a year.
What removes iron from borehole water?
Oxidation followed by a media filter, which is the standard approach, or a dosing system where levels are high. It is the most common treatment requirement on South African boreholes, and it is worth doing for more than the laundry: the same iron feeds the bacteria that clog borehole screens and pumps.
Will UV make my water safe to drink?
UV deals with bacteria and viruses effectively, but only in water that is already clear. Sediment and colour shield organisms from the lamp, so UV always sits behind sediment filtration. It also does nothing for nitrate, metals or hardness, which is why the analysis has to come first.
Do I need reverse osmosis for the whole house?
Rarely. Whole house reverse osmosis is expensive, wastes a good share of the water as brine and strips minerals the plumbing does not mind having. For nitrate or salinity a point of use system at the drinking tap deals with the water people swallow, which is the water that matters.
How much pressure will I lose?
Each stage costs some, and a four stage train can leave a weak pressure pump with nothing at an upstairs shower. Ask for the expected pressure drop across the whole system at your peak flow before you buy it, because a booster pump added afterwards is a cost nobody quoted for.
Treatment is quoted on Borehole Drillers South Africa from your own laboratory report rather than from a catalogue.
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