Agriculture
170+ Years of Experience
Panks are proud to have worked with farmers across the eastern region for over 170 years. Like you, we have moved with the times and we understand the increasing need for more efficient and energy conserving solutions to the range of demands faced by today’s agriculturists. But as ever, your best results continue to be our goal.
Irrigation
Whatever the size of your enterprise, we have the equipment, expertise and experience to irrigate it. Panks 
provide complete solutions to all irrigation needs.
Our experts will work with you to assess the best options for your site requirements and then we will design, specify, supply and, if you require, install the entire package for you. From drilling a borehole to our specialist drip irrigators for controlled cropping, we can supply and apply the water just where it’s needed.
In today’s unpredictable English climate you cannot guarantee the rainfall – but with a Panks’ irrigation system you can ensure your crops will get all the water they need.
We also have systems for fertigation.
Water Supply – Groundwater Abstraction
If you are looking for cost-effectiveness long-term let us advise you on the potential of installing your own private water supply for optimum economic and green efficiency.
A groundwater abstraction borehole, fitted with a specialist bore-pump, taps into underground reservoirs, or aquifers, across Norfolk and Suffolk and will thereafter supply you with vast quantities of water – free of charge up to a maximum of 20,000 litres a day or 20m3.*
We can move the water from source to wherever it is required, for irrigation purposes or animal watering or wash-down, at whatever pressure you require. There is little in the way of running costs other than electricity to the pump system and services or repairs.
Convert your water supply (potable or non-potable) to groundwater abstraction and Panks will provide you with a complete solution: we make the initial site assessments, drill the borehole, install the pumping system and water treatment plant if required and get you up and running.
Rainwater Harvesting and Water Reuse
Above the obvious immediate economic savings, the benefits are great. Harvested rain water can be used for irrigation or drinking water for animals.
In Norfolk and Suffolk, areas with notoriously hard mains water, rainwater harvesting provides the natural softer alternative; a chemical free alternative which plants respond well to and which does not scale up your equipment.
Rainwater run-off from roofs and guttering flows through downpipes and is filtered, stored and passed through a water treatment plant if required, before a packaged pumping station delivers it to where it’s needed.
Why flush profits down the drain – why not consider reusing waste water too? It can also be collected and passed through a water treatment plant before reuse around your site.
The government is driving forward initiatives to increase sustainability and rainwater harvesting is a growing concern. We are on hand to meet your need for trusted and reliable installations.
Water Treatment
If required, working in conjunction with a wastewater, borewater or rainwater harvesting application, one of our water treatment plants can deliver safe potable water.
Operating with filters, media beds, ultraviolet lights or bacteria – there’s no water too dirty for Panks to make clean! We use as little chemical intervention as possible in the process.
Waster Water
Many rural destinations across East Anglia are not connected to a main sewer. Let Panks supply and install a packaged pumping station or treatment plant which will take care of all your waste water and effluent concerns.
No matter what the scale of your site, Panks can advise, size, specify, maintain and supply the most suitable solution for your requirements.
Mechanical and Electrical
No job is too big or too small: for all your heating, hot water, ventilation, water related systems or electrical requirements on site give Panks a call. Our electricians and engineers are all NICEIC or Gas Safe or accredited.
As a full Anglian Water MEICA partner, (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Controls and Automation) in industrial equipment systems, we fully understand your need to reduce your carbon footprint and meet health and safety requirements in line with the Environmental Agency guidelines.
Our dedicated Energy Engineer can assess the performance of your existing systems and work with you to find the best solutions for improvement to ensure efficiency gains.
Investing in newer and better motor technology can prove beneficial for both the environment and industry across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Service and Aftercare
If you want the reassurance of full aftercare and servicing from Panks we can service your systems for you. Our service contracts are flexible, allowing you to decide the time frames to fit in with you and your business. For your total peace of mind, we operate an emergency breakdown service 24/7.
Get in Touch
We would be delighted to discuss your requirements with you – just drop us an email, or call one of our offices in Norwich or Ipswich and we will do our very best to help you.
