Hari ubwoko bwinshi bw’amapompo y’amazi, kandi ubwoko bumwebumwe burahuye n’aho hantu hatandukanye. Amapompo y’amazi y’ibitoke (horizontal centrifugal slurry slurry) akenshi akoreshwa mu guhindura ibikorwa, mu gukora amabuye y’agaciro y’amamine, mu kwoza amakara n’imiyoboro y’amazi y’ibisigazwa. Bishirwa ku gishingo kandi bihuzwa n’imiyoboro yinjira n’isohoka. Iherezo ry'amazi rishobora gukoresha ivyuma bishobora guhangana n'ugusaza canke ivyuma vy'umupira.
Amapompo y’amazi ahagaze akoreshwa mu binogo no mu binogo. Moteri iguma hejuru y’amazi, mu gihe iherezo ry’ipompa ry’amazi rikora munsi y’urugero rw’amazi. Iryo foroma ni ngirakamaro iyo umunyu wirundanirije munsi y’ivu. Amapompo y’amazi ashobora gutera amazi ashira umubiri w’ipompa n’umuvuduko mu mazi. Bikoreshwa mu gucukura, mu gucukura ibitovu, mu gukuraho ibisigazwa vy’amazi no mu bikorwa vy’amazi mabi. Amapompo amwamwe yo mu mazi arashobora gukoresha ikintu gitera umuvurungano kugira ngo abohore ibintu bikomeye vyagumye.
Ayandi bwoko bw’amapompo y’amazi ni amapompo y’umutwe muremure-yo gutwara ibintu kure, amapompo adashobora gusenyuka-yo gukoresha amazi y’imiti, n’amapompo y’amazi y’amazi yo gukoresha mu bikorwa vy’ubwubatsi bigendagenda. Ubwoko bwiza buvana n'uruja n'uruza, umutwe, uburemere bw'ivu, ubunini bukomeye, uburebure bw'ikinogo n'imiterere y'imiyoboro. Guhitamwo hakurikijwe ubwoko bwa mbere birashobora gutuma uguhitamwo ivyerekanwa vya nyuma vyoroha cane.
Uko urubuga ruteye birashobora kandi guhindura ihitamwo. Igikoresho gifise amatiyo adahinduka gishobora guhitamwo ubwoko buringaniye, ariko ikinogo c’amahugurwa coshobora gukenera ipompo y’amazi ihagaze. Ikidengeri c’igihe gito canke ahantu ho gucukura bishobora gukenera ubwoko bwo kwibira. Ihitamwo ryiza riva mu guhuza uburyo bw’ipompa n’isoko nyayo y’umunyu.
