Readings first, equipment second
Iron at 3.1 mg/L and iron at 0.6 mg/L are not the same job. We test the raw borehole or municipal feed, log the before numbers, then size the media bed, UV dose or pump curve around what is actually in the water.
Borehole water that stains the basins, municipal supply carrying sediment, a pump that short-cycles on the pressure switch, or pressure that drops the moment a second tap opens. These are the situations we walk into across Gauteng and the Western Cape, and this page collects them by scenario so you can find the one that sounds like your property.
That is usually enough for us to tell whether you are looking at iron and manganese removal, a sediment stage ahead of a UV reactor, or a booster and pressure vessel that needs resizing. If your borehole water stains the basins, or pressure drops when two taps run at once, start there. We work from Gauteng and the Western Cape, and we would rather quote from real readings than guesswork.
Not sure which scenario matches your site? The services page breaks down each treatment stage, and how we work covers testing, sizing and commissioning.
Email your latest water analysis and a photo of the pump room, tank stand or filtration skid. Include the site town and what the water is doing wrong.
Request a site assessmentPrefer to talk it through first? Call 032 203 2882 or write to info@tigerwatersolutions.com.
Most water problems on a property look the same from the outside and turn out to be different once you pull a sample. We start with the numbers, not a catalogue.
Iron at 3.1 mg/L and iron at 0.6 mg/L are not the same job. We test the raw borehole or municipal feed, log the before numbers, then size the media bed, UV dose or pump curve around what is actually in the water.
Process techs and a certified plumber work the same install. Tank stands, pressure vessels, trenching and the filtration skid are one scope, so nobody is waiting on a second contractor to finish the pipework.
Cartridge housings, UV reactors and drain lines get mounted where someone can actually reach them. We leave a wall chart for lamp hours and cartridge swaps instead of hiding the maintenance behind a welded frame.
Rural supply means power dips, sediment slugs after rain and a pump that cycles on a tired pressure switch. We spec for those conditions, not for a clean lab bench.
If your water only needs a sediment filter and a UV stage, we say so. Oversized iron removal on a clean borehole is money spent on media that never earns its keep.
Hartbeespoort, Stellenbosch and the East Rand are regular ground for us. That means we know the typical borehole chemistry, the municipal sediment patterns and the access quirks on the day.
If your situation looks like one of these, the write-ups below show what was fitted and what the water readings did afterwards. Start with the case closest to your supply type.
Smallholding, North West
Iron at 3.1 mg/L and manganese at 0.42 mg/L on a Hartbeespoort property. A two-stage skid with a backwashing iron filter ahead of a manganese bed brought both down to trace levels, with the drain routed to the existing soakaway.
Read the Hartbeespoort caseHospitality, Western Cape
A six-room Stellenbosch guesthouse kept its JoJo tank and pressure vessel, then added a 20-inch sediment housing and a 55 W UV reactor with a flow restrictor sized for the morning rush. A sample tap after the UV makes quarterly lab checks straightforward.
Read the Stellenbosch caseBody corporate, East Rand
A cycling pressure switch, a rebuilt tank stand and a variable-speed booster pump feeding from a 5000 L JoJo tank through a sediment filter. Shallow trenching was marked to keep clear of the existing irrigation lines.
Read the East Rand caseNot sure which of these matches your setup? Send your latest lab results and a photo of the pump house through the contact page and we will point you to the right starting point.