The Bushman 100 Gallon Emergency Water Storage Tank is a vertical water storage tank built to hold a dependable household or small-site water reserve in a compact footprint. It stands 47 inches tall on a 26 x 26 inch base, so it slots into a garage corner, utility room, or covered pad without demanding the floor space of a wider tank. Every dimension here is verified against the tank's launch specification, so what you size around is what arrives.
Specifications at a glance
- Capacity: 100 gallons
- Height: 47 in
- Footprint: 26 x 26 in (~3.6 sq ft)
- Full water weight: 834 lb
- Tank type: vertical storage tank
- Dimensions verified: yes
Will it work for your site?
This is a 100 gallon vertical storage tank sized for emergency water reserve, backup supply, and short-duration water hauling. Filled to capacity it carries 834 pounds of water spread across roughly 3.6 square feet of base, so the pad or floor underneath it has to be flat, level, and rated to support that concentrated static load in one spot. A poured pad is the safe default; if you are setting this on a slab, our concrete-pad sizing guide walks the ACI framework for above-ground poly tanks. Not sure 100 gallons is the right reserve for your household or system? The Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you match reserve volume to the number of people and days you need to cover, and our emergency reserve sizing article lays out the Ten States Standards and AWWA D100 practice behind small-system reserve math.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error with a tank this tall relative to its base is treating it as a fill-and-forget object. At 47 inches tall and 834 pounds full, its center of gravity sits high over that 26-inch footprint, so it must rest on level ground and, in seismic or high-wind exposure, be strapped or restrained. Confirm the outlet and fitting configuration against the manufacturer's technical drawing on this page matches your plumbing before you set it, and use that drawing for exact port locations rather than assuming them. If cold-climate freeze protection matters for a standing reserve, plan for it before winter rather than after the first hard freeze.
This tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP code — enter it in the Freight Cost Estimator for a rate before you order, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will walk the size, sizing, and delivery through with you.
