Wells & boreholes

In these days of rising mains water costs and increased environmental awareness, the use of boreholes for domestic water supply make an increasing amount of sense.

Most bottled water comes from boreholes. Water from wells or boreholes is naturally filtered and once set up, running costs are minimal. They can easily supply all the water needs for domestic and even light commercial use.

Boreholes are suitable for domestic and commercial supply, ponds, moats, and lake topping up systems. We have also supplied wells for irrigation systems, emergency water supply, and water supply to paddocks and livestock.

Can anyone get a borehole?

Yes. Subject to a positive geological survey, normal domestic use is permitted without planning permission, licenses or charges beyond installation and maintenance.

How much you can legally take per day?

Domestic users can extract up to 20,000 litres (4400 gallons 20 cubic meters or, to put it another way, in metered form about £20 worth) per day of ground water for domestic usage without any permission being required and with no charge or fee.
A well utilized borehole has been known to pay for itself in a year.

What are the benefits of water from boreholes?

• It is a free and plentiful resource, once set up, there would have to be no rain for several years to seriously affect a deep borehole.
• The water is naturally filtered requiring very little if any treatment.
• Unlike most mains water it does not come from reprocessed waste water.
• Restrictions on use such as hosepipe bans don’t apply.
• Much less energy is required to extract water from a borehole using a pump than it takes to carry out the extensive processes required to extract clean drinking water from waste water.
• Borehole supplies are unaffected by mains system problems such as leaks

How do I get one installed?

Anglian Pumping Services provide a complete borehole service including quotation, surveying, drilling and supply and installation of pumps, pressure vessels and pipework.

How does it work?

A borehole is drilled to a depth of up to 200 metres, to below the water table using a portable drilling rig. Special corrosion resistant cylindrical submersible pumps are used along with small tanks to store extracted water.

Connection to your house is simple and quick. Call us for more details.

Suggested pump solutions: Diver 4, all borehole pumps