Gutondekanya kubisabwa
Amapompo yumuriro arashobora kugabanywamo ubwoko bubiri: pompe zizimya umuriro na pompe zitanga amazi. Iyambere ikoreshwa cyane cyane mukuzimya umuriro, mugihe iyanyuma ikoreshwa mugutanga amazi yumuriro.
Gutondekanya kubikorwa
Amapompo yumuriro arashobora gushyirwa mubwoko butandukanye, harimo pompe zirohama, pompe centrifugal, na pompe yumuriro wa mazutu. Hitamo ubwoko bwa pompe yumuriro ukurikije ibyo ukeneye byihariye.