Phoning around for soakaway in Rustenburg takes time, and every company asks the same questions. Send one job card instead and we pass it to drainage contractors and septic installers who serve Rustenburg and nearby areas of North West. They quote on the work, travel, disposal and how soon they can come.
Soakaways in Rustenburg
Soakaway work in Rustenburg is mostly booked by owners of plots, farms and older houses where a septic tank is the only option. Share the number of people, the tank size and whether the ground is sandy, clay or rocky, so contractors serving Rustenburg and the rest of North West can quote accurately.
Want to know more first? Our soakaway guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Septic tanks and drainage in Rustenburg
Rustenburg is platinum country, and rapid mining growth has left large areas off the sewer or served by overloaded networks. Suburbs like Safari Gardens and Cashan are connected, but smallholdings along the Magaliesberg foothills, farms around Kroondal and Mooinooi, and peri-urban settlements near Phokeng and Boitekong depend on septic tanks, pit conversions and conservancy tanks. Mine contractors and construction camps need bulk tanks and portable toilets. Heavy black turf clay swells in the wet season and cracks in the dry, which breaks drains and tanks. Honey sucker operators work from Rustenburg and Kroondal, and lodges on the Magaliesberg run treatment plants.
Typical soakaway requests in the area come from:
- Smallholdings and plots: a larger pit or two linked pits on a smallholding with space but heavy clay soil
- Factories, mines, sites and events: pits for site offices, depots and ablutions, sized for the number of workers
- Houses: a new or rebuilt soakaway for an older house whose pit has clogged or flooded
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: larger or multiple pits that cope with peak guest numbers and seasonal overloading
- Farms and game farms: building pits at homesteads and worker housing, kept well clear of boreholes and dams
- Schools, churches and clinics: large pits for schools, clinics and churches, designed for heavy daytime use
- Restaurants, shops and offices: pits for rural shops, filling stations and restaurants that are not on a sewer
- Estates and complexes: sizing pits for shared tanks on a complex, with a test report for the body corporate
Local tips for Rustenburg
Most work in Rustenburg is done by teams based in honey sucker operators based in Rustenburg and Kroondal, and the usual setup is septic and conservancy tanks on holdings, bulk tanks for mine contractor camps. When you ask for quotes, ask for a tank inspection for cracks, not just a pump-out, on older clay-bed tanks.
Soakaways usually means dig a pit, fill it with stone or fit chambers, for 2 to 3 m across, 1.5 to 2.5 m deep, check yearly, lasts 15 to 25 years. Ground in the area: swelling black turf clay that cracks tanks and drains in the dry season.
What to include in your request
- Number of people using the system and the tank size in litres
- Whether this is a new soakaway or a repair of an old one
- Soil type and whether a percolation test has been done
- Distance to buildings, boreholes, streams and boundaries
- Stone pit, rubble pit or chamber, if you have a preference
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Rustenburg and surrounds
Operators, contractors and suppliers on our network work in Rustenburg and surrounding areas, including Phokeng, Boitekong, Tlhabane, Marikana, Kroondal, Mooinooi, Safari Gardens. Give the suburb, holding or farm name so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need someone.