The Bushman 125 Gallon Plastic Emergency Water Storage Tank is a blue polyethylene tank built to hold a half-ton water reserve in a compact 30-by-30-inch footprint. At 50 inches tall and just 30 inches across, it fits a garage corner, a utility closet, a barn wall, or a pump-house pad. It carries 125 gallons and is rated to a 1.0 specific gravity, which is exactly what water-only storage calls for.
Specs at a glance
- Capacity: 125 gallons
- Footprint: 30 x 30 in
- Height: 50 in
- Filled weight: ~1,042 lb (also the maximum rated contents weight)
- Material: Polyethylene
- Specific gravity rating: 1.0
- Color: Blue
Will it work for your site?
This is a water storage tank in the strict sense: 125 gallons in a 30 x 30-inch footprint, standing 50 inches tall. Plan your floor around the filled weight, not the empty one. Full of water this tank weighs roughly 1,042 pounds, and that figure is also its maximum rated contents weight, so there is no headroom for anything denser than water. That 1,042 pounds rides on about 900 square inches of footprint, so set it on a level, full-bearing pad or slab that can carry a concentrated load rather than a corner of unsupported decking. Because it is rated at a 1.0 specific gravity, keep it to water only. If you are sizing a reserve and want to confirm 125 gallons covers your draw-down, run the numbers with the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit to a footprint.
One honest note on connections: fitting and lid configuration is not published for this model in our data, so confirm port sizes, bulkhead locations, and any gasket needs before you order valves or plumbing. Call 866-418-1777 and we will verify the configuration with you.
What this tank is good for
The Bushman name is well known in rainwater harvesting, and this emergency water tank is a natural fit for the same buyers thinking about a small private water reserve. For small-system operators, our write-up on emergency reserve water storage sizing covers Ten States Standards Section 7 and AWWA D100 practice. If your reserve is part of a private fire-protection plan, the fire-water reservoir design guide walks through NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection for cold-climate service.
The mistake to avoid
The single thing buyers get wrong on a tank like this is treating the 1.0 specific gravity rating as a suggestion. It is not. This tank is rated for water, and its 1,042-pound maximum contents weight is the full-of-water number with no margin for a heavier fluid. Do not press a 1.0 SG water tank into chemical or brine service that would push past that weight — that is a different class of tank. Match this one to water-only storage and it will do exactly what it is built to do.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Bushman plant in Fairfield, Texas, and freight is quoted live to your ZIP code rather than included in the listed price, so your freight cost depends on how far you are from East Texas. Get an exact number for your address with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you and help confirm 125 gallons is the right size for your reserve.
