The Norwesco 10000 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a polyethylene vertical tank built for high-volume liquid storage where a single large vessel beats a cluster of smaller ones. It stands 160 inches tall on a 141-inch-diameter footprint and carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating, the number that decides what you can actually put in it. This page covers the three things that settle a 10,000-gallon purchase: whether the tank holds your liquid, what it weighs full so you can build the pad, and how it ships.
Will this Norwesco vertical tank work for your liquid?
The 1.5 specific gravity rating is the deciding spec. It means the tank wall is engineered to hold a liquid up to 1.5 times the weight of water. Plain water sits at a specific gravity of 1.0, so this 10,000-gallon vertical storage tank handles water with substantial margin and also covers many heavier liquids up to that 1.5 ceiling. Filled with water, the contents alone weigh 83,400 pounds; at the full 1.5 rating the tank is engineered to carry up to 125,100 pounds of liquid. Confirm your stored liquid's specific gravity against that 1.5 number before you buy, because that single check is the difference between a tank that lasts and one that's overloaded from day one. If your liquid runs close to or above 1.5, call before you order rather than assume. For matching capacity to your actual draw and refill cycle, run the numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide, and see the technical drawing on this page for fitting locations and full dimensional detail.
Specs that drive your foundation
At 10,000 gallons the foundation is where projects go wrong, so size it off the numbers before the truck shows up: 160-inch height, 141-inch diameter, 141-inch-diameter footprint, 83,400 pounds of contents when full of water, and up to 125,100 pounds of contents at the full 1.5 rating. A full tank of water puts that 83,400 pounds onto a 141-inch circle, and the entire base has to bear evenly on a level, properly sized pad. Set one of these on bare or uneven ground and you risk uneven loading on the tank wall. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks the ACI 360R-10 framework so you can size the slab to the load and plan setback and clearance off the footprint.
Sizing, venting, and fire-water planning
If this is a fire-water reservoir, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. For venting on a vertical this size, the atmospheric vent capacity guide works through API 2000 thermal inbreathing and outbreathing examples for tanks from 1,500 to 10,000 gallons. For the full walkthrough of this size class, see the 10000 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank buyer's guide.
How this tank ships
This Norwesco vertical storage tank moves by LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP. Norwesco builds it at four plants: Fairfield, TX; Hanford, CA; St. Bonifacius, MN; and Washington Court House, OH. We ship from the nearest in-stock plant, selected at quote time, to keep freight down.
Get an exact freight number with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we'll quote the nearest plant to your delivery ZIP and answer fitting or sizing questions before you order.
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