The Bushman 100 Gallon Emergency Water Storage Tank (SKU WW-100-KIT-NAT) is a vertical polyethylene tank built for households and small systems that need a dependable on-site water reserve. It holds 100 gallons in a compact upright body measuring 47 inches tall on a 26 x 26 inch footprint, so it fits into a garage corner, a utility closet, a pump house, or a shed pad without eating a full room. The natural translucent poly wall lets you read the water level at a glance, which matters when you are managing a stored reserve you rotate on a schedule.
Will it work for your site
Filled to capacity, this tank carries 834 pounds of water. Spread across the full 26 x 26 inch base that works out to only about 1.2 psi distributed, which is trivial for a concrete slab, so the real risk is never the load itself but how you support it. The surface underneath has to be flat, level, and holding the tank fully across the entire base. Never set a poly water tank on blocks, a partial ledge, or an unlevel slab, where edge loading and point stress are what actually crack walls. The 47-inch height keeps the standing footprint small, which is what makes this a practical emergency water reserve where floor space is tight. If you are still deciding between capacities or working out how much reserve your household or small system actually needs, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit. For reserve-sizing methodology on small systems, our guide on emergency reserve water storage sizing under Ten States Standards and AWWA D100 practice walks through the standards.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error with emergency water storage is treating stored water as set-and-forget. Water held long term needs a rotation schedule and clean, sealed fittings to stay usable. This tank does not ship with a fixed inlet and outlet spec on this page, so confirm your fill-and-draw plumbing before you buy. Call us at 866-418-1777 and we will confirm the fitting configuration against your setup. Keep the tank protected from freeze in cold climates so the wall and plumbing are not stressed by expanding ice. If this reserve is part of a rural fire-protection plan, our write-up on fire-water reservoir design and freeze protection covers the cold-climate engineering in detail. Full dimensions are shown on the technical drawing on this page.
This tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP code rather than folded into the list price. Get your freight rate with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will size the reserve, confirm the fittings, and book the freight with you.
