Borehole drilling & water engineering
We find the water before we drill for it.
PureDrops Drillers surveys, drills, equips and maintains boreholes across 15 African countries. Every metre is logged, every pump is sized on tested yield, and every borehole is handed over with full documentation.
What does a borehole actually cost? — depth, formation and access drive the price, and we publish what each one does.
- DWS Registered
- Licensed drilling contractor
- ECSA Affiliated
- Chartered engineering oversight
- SANS 241 Tested
- Accredited water quality analysis
- ISO 9001 System
- Documented quality management
Fig. 01
Borehole in production. Water at the casing is the only measurement that matters — everything before it is an estimate.
Max depth 300 m
Rig to 300 m
- Boreholes Delivered
- 500+ Boreholes Delivered Across 15 African countries See the projects
Cost drivers
Depth
Formation
Casing
Access
Water quality
What a borehole actually costs
Why boreholes fail
Three reasons a borehole goes wrong — and how we remove them.
Most failed boreholes are not drilling failures. They are decisions made before the rig arrived. We remove those decisions from the critical path.
01
Siting on guesswork
Survey first
A resistivity survey maps the aquifer before the rig mobilises, so depth and position are evidence-based rather than optimistic.
You get: resistivity profile, aquifer interpretation and a target depth per borehole.
02
Pumps sized on hope
Sized on tested yield
Step and constant-rate testing establishes the safe yield first. The pump is then matched to a confirmed duty point.
You get: a yield test report with the safe yield, recovery data and the recommended duty point.
03
No handover paperwork
Documented handover
Borehole log, casing schedule, yield report and completion certificate — the evidence pack a permit or lender will ask for.
You get: borehole log, casing schedule, completion certificate and water quality analysis.
One accountable partner, from survey to long-term maintenance.
0 services that cover the whole life of a borehole — designed together, handed over together.
The drilling process
Twenty documented stages. No surprises.
We publish the entire lifecycle — from the first site consultation to handover and the maintenance programme that follows.
Groundwater solutions for four very different kinds of customer.
A farm, a factory, a village and an estate each have their own water profile. The engineering changes; the standard does not.
Selected work
Projects delivered across the continent.
Community schemes, commercial supply, agricultural irrigation and off-grid solar pumping.
Common questions
The things people ask us first.
If your question is not here, ask an engineer directly — we answer within one working day.
Written by our engineers.
Practical guidance on boreholes, pumping, water quality and storage — from the people who do the work.
Articles are being prepared. Visit the knowledge centre in the meantime.
Start your project
Ready for dependable water on your site?
Tell us what you need and our hydrogeological team will respond with a plan, a price and a timeline — usually within one working day.
No obligation. Your details stay confidential.