The 2450 Gallon Plastic Water Storage Tank from Norwesco is a vertical polyethylene water storage tank measuring 86 in H x 96 in dia, holding 2,450 gallons of above-ground bulk water. It is built for farms, ranches, rural fire-protection reservoirs, and industrial water-reuse trains, and it ships from the Norwesco plant in Fairfield, TX.
Will it work for your site?
Specify this tank by its full-water load, not its gallon rating. Filled to capacity it carries a maximum rated contents weight of 20,433 pounds, and that number drives everything downstream: pad design, site access, and the plan to set it. The 96-inch diameter is the controlling dimension for your slab and for delivery clearances, so check it against any gate or doorway on the route before you order. It is rated to a specific gravity of 1.0, which means potable and non-potable water and fluids up to water density; anything heavier than water - most brines, fertilizers, and chemicals - exceeds this tank's rating and needs a higher-SG tank. If you are weighing this footprint against a larger or smaller one for the same volume, run the numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit a pad pour.
Pad and install discipline
A vertical storage tank this size lives or dies on the foundation under it. More than ten tons of water concentrates on a 96-inch circle, so the slab has to be flat, level, and sized for the load. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks the ACI 360R-10 framework for getting that right. Once it is set, validate the install before you rely on it: our hydrostatic test methodology covers water-fill acceptance, pad-settlement monitoring, and leak detection with real hold-time math. Confirm outlet and lid sizes against the technical drawing on this page before you finalize plumbing.
The mistake to avoid
The common error on a tank this size is treating 2,450 gallons as the planning number. It isn't. The planning number is 20,433 pounds of water sitting on your pad once the tank is in service. Underbuild the foundation or the access plan around the gallon rating and you have a settlement or handling problem on day one. Specify around the full-water weight and the 96-inch diameter first. For fire-protection and reuse applications, our guides on fire-water reservoir design and industrial water-reuse tank topology go deeper on banding this storage into a working system.
This vertical water storage tank ships LTL freight from the Norwesco plant in Fairfield, TX, with the rate quoted live to your ZIP - note that 20,433 pounds is the in-service pad load, not the empty shipping weight. Get your number from the Freight Cost Estimator or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will work the quote with you.
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