The Bushman 100 Gallon Emergency Water Storage Tank in blue is a vertical polyethylene tank built to bank a household or small-crew emergency water reserve in a compact footprint. Made by Bushman, it stands 47 inches tall on a 26 x 26 inch base, so it tucks into a garage corner, utility room, or shed bay without eating floor space, while still holding a full 100 gallons of reserve for outages, wildfire season, well-pump failures, or any situation where the municipal supply goes quiet.
Will it work for your site?
The specifications are verified: 100 gallon capacity, 47 in height, and a 26 x 26 in footprint in a vertical storage configuration, finished in blue to cut light transmission into the water. Plan your pad and anchoring around a filled weight of 834 lb — water alone is roughly 8.34 lb per gallon, so this tank is light and easy to reposition empty but immovable once full. Set it on a flat, fully supporting surface rated for that load; a poly tank must sit on continuous support, not spanning joists or an uneven slab. For pouring a proper base, our concrete pad sizing guide walks the ACI 360R-10 framework for above-ground poly tanks. If you are still deciding how much reserve you actually need, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide turn days-of-supply and occupant count into a target gallon figure, and our guide to emergency reserve sizing for small systems covers the Ten States Standards and AWWA D100 practice behind those numbers.
The mistake to avoid
With a 26 x 26 in base carrying 47 inches of height, this is a tall, narrow tank — roughly an 1.8-to-1 height-to-base ratio. The avoidable mistake is siting it where that profile works against you: a spot where it can be bumped, top-loaded, or set on a surface that is not dead level. Keep the base flat and fully supported so the full 834 lb loads the pad evenly instead of racking one edge, and give the tank a location where its height is not a tipping liability.
This tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP — get a freight number in seconds with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to lock in your emergency water storage tank and talk through pad and delivery details before you order.
