Five boreholes were donated by the Rand Water Foundation to the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality.
This was done in partnership with the Department of Water and Sanitation in Mpumalanga.
The boreholes were drilled in New Moloto, Old Moloto, Msholozi, Phola and Mandela communities.
Elsewhere in Hermanus, the Overstrand Municipality, said in a statement yesterday, it was given environmental authorisation for a project to explore augmentation of the groundwater supply for the Greater Hermanus area.
The Municipality is currently drilling in the Hemel-en-Aarde wellfields near Hermanus.
Two boreholes were drilled thus far, one 200 meters deep in the Camphill wellfield and the other, to a depth of 179 meters, in the Volmoed wellfield.
Hermanus is currently supplied with bulk water from the De Bos Dam, as well as the Gateway, Camphill and Volmoed wellfields in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.
Excessive extraction of underground water through borehole drilling can negatively affect ground hydrology and ecology.
This can in turn, cause depletion of the water table, which could affect local biodiversity and ecology.