About Our Water Bowsers

We provide water bowser hire for both on site and road use. Our towable water bowsers are small to medium capacity solutions for water on demand. Depending on the need, the vessels can be prepared for quality assured drinking water or clean water.

We have several capacities and variants that are either site or road towable. The differences in design and capabilities are explained below.

Our Different Water Bowsers

Road Towable Bowsers

A road-towable bowser has been built and equipped to carry a payload on the highway. Its chassis has lights and indicators, and it has an electrical coupler similar to that found on a caravan.

Also, on the front end, you’ll find the road-towable bowser has a breakaway cable, a device that, in the event the bowser becomes unhitched from the towing vehicle whilst in motion, deploys a braking system on the bowser, bringing it to a sudden halt. This is a safer alternative to having a bowser with a potentially heavy payload loose and out of control.

Road towable bowsers have the advantage that they can be prepared for filling with quality-assured drinking water. Therefore, they are ideal for use in other site postcodes, such as events, festivals, and gatherings where people may require clean or drinking-quality water on tap in larger quantities than provided by a bottled water option.


In all cases, bowsers are provided with a boil-before-use notification attached. This is recommended even for drinking water unless a strict preparation, delivery, storage, and testing routine has been implemented.

Our Tardis H2O on-site division is equipped to provide this service on request.

Please also note that a road towable bowser requires both the driver’s license and the vehicle’s towing abilities to meet the legal requirements for the bowser and payload.

1 litre of water, remember, weighs 1 kilogram. Tow safely.

Remember, if you are towing on the road, ensure your license and the vehicle are suitable to tow such a trailer. Remember, a 1000-liter bowser weighs more than a tonne, and the 2000-liter is twice as much.

Site Towable Bowsers

A site-towable bowser cannot be towed on the highway, regardless of whether it is with or without a payload.

The site-towable bowser has a capacity of 2000 litres, so we say again, do not tow it on the road unless it is empty.
You may tow this bowser with a payload off the motorway. The design is for site use, hence the chunky tyres, which cope with site and field mud.

Also worth considering. More often than not, you’ll be looking at spending less time draining water from the vessel and more time using it. If that’s true, then consider attaching a pump to increase your flow rate.

On-demand pumps are top-notch for feeding toilets, hand wash sinks, and similar devices. As the name suggests, water is delivered from the storage vessel” on–demand.”

Petrol and Diesel pumps are used when you want to move considerable quantities of water quickly. We have a range to choose from and the fittings to complete the job.

Other Water Bowsers

We offer a range of Water Bowsers such as Static Water Bowsers and Pressure Water Bowsers. See our full spec sheet guide here.

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