Suppliers on our network work in all nine provinces, from Johannesburg and Pretoria's office parks and suburbs to Durban's hills, Cape Town and the Winelands, Gqeberha, Free State towns, Lowveld lodges, Limpopo villages and the mining towns of the North West and Northern Cape. Choose your province or town to read about local water and request quotes.
Gauteng
Most of Gauteng drinks treated water pumped up from the Vaal system by Rand Water and passed on by metros such as Johannesburg Water, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. The province sits on a dry ridge with little local river flow, so it depends on long pipelines and big reservoirs, and when a pump station loses power or a main is shut for maintenance, whole suburbs can run dry for a day or more. Many offices in Sandton, Midrand and Centurion keep dispensers so staff are never without a drink during an outage. Factories on the East Rand, schools in the townships and clinics across the West Rand do the same.
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Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga is where the Highveld coal belt meets the green escarpment, and drinking water quality changes a lot between the two. Around eMalahleni, Secunda and Middelburg, mine and power station activity has put pressure on rivers such as the Olifants and Wilge, and residents in some towns have faced discoloured or unreliable supply. Down in the Lowveld around Mbombela and White River, water comes from the Crocodile and Sabie catchments and is generally softer, though pipe bursts still happen. Lodges at Hazyview and Graskop, mine offices and the farms of the Lowveld all lean on bottled or filtered drinking water.
North West
North West is dry, flat and hot in summer, with limited surface water, so many towns rely on the Vaal, the Crocodile and the Hartbeespoort Dam, and on boreholes sunk into dolomite aquifers around Lichtenburg and Mahikeng. Rustenburg's platinum mines and their staff villages use huge volumes of drinking water, and when a pump station or pipeline fails, the effect spreads quickly. Farms outside Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp often run on borehole water that is hard and sometimes salty. Clinics, schools and smallholdings across the province regularly buy water in bottles or in tanks.
Limpopo
Limpopo is hot for much of the year, which makes cold drinking water a daily need rather than a luxury. Polokwane draws on the Ebenezer and Dap Naude dams and has faced supply pressure as the city has grown, while smaller towns such as Mokopane and Thohoyandou have often had unreliable taps. Many villages rely on boreholes, communal standpipes and water tankers. Lodges near Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa, citrus and mango packhouses around Tzaneen, and the coal and mining sites near Lephalale all need clean water for staff, guests and workers.
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the driest province, so drinking water is precious. Kimberley takes its water from the Vaal via Sol Plaatje's supply, while Upington depends on the Orange River, which also feeds the vineyards and date farms around Keimoes. Further from the rivers, towns such as Kuruman, Springbok and De Aar lean on boreholes and long pipelines, and groundwater can be salty or high in minerals. The iron ore mines near Kathu and Postmasburg, solar farms near Upington and farms across the Karoo all need reliable, cool drinking water in extreme heat.
Free State
The Free State is South Africa's grain heartland, and water here moves a long way. Bloemfontein is supplied by Mangaung and Bloem Water from the Caledon and Orange systems, including the Welbedacht and Knellpoort dams, while Sasolburg draws on the Vaal. Welkom and the old gold mining towns have faced ageing pipes and pumping problems, and smaller towns in the east, such as Harrismith and Clarens, depend on mountain dams. Farm dwellings often rely on boreholes. Offices, schools, guest houses and the industrial parks of Bloemfontein and Sasolburg all use dispensers to bridge gaps in supply.
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of heavy rain and uneven supply. eThekwini and Msunduzi take water from Umgeni-uThukela Water's system of dams along the Umgeni, including Midmar and Albert Falls, and the treated water is generally soft. Even so, burst mains, floods, pump station breakdowns and reservoir shutdowns leave parts of Durban, Pietermaritzburg and the North Coast without water for days. Humid summers make cold water a daily need. Hotels on the coast, factories in Pinetown, sugar mills, schools and clinics in rural areas and inland towns such as Newcastle all use dispensers.
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape has long been a province of two stories when it comes to water. Nelson Mandela Bay draws on the Kouga and Churchill dams and has been hit by drought and low storage, while Buffalo City relies on the Amatola system. Inland, Makhanda has faced severe supply problems for years, and in the former Transkei towns such as Mthatha, outages and burst pipes are frequent. Many rural villages depend on boreholes, springs and tanks. Automotive plants in Gqeberha and Coega, schools, clinics and guesthouses along the coast all depend on safe drinking water.
Western Cape
Cape Town and its surrounds drink water stored in the Western Cape Water Supply System, including Theewaterskloof, Voelvlei and Berg River dams, and the city showed during the 2018 drought how closely it watches usage. Tap water is generally treated to a high standard and is soft, with a mild earthy taste in some seasons. Outside the metro, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George and Knysna lean on their own dams and rivers. Wine estates, offices in the CBD and Century City, guesthouses on the Garden Route and fish factories in Saldanha all use dispensers.