The Norwesco 10000 Gallon Dark Green Vertical Water Storage Tank holds a full 10,000 gallons of water in one molded polyethylene shell. It stands 160 inches tall on a 141 x 141 inch footprint, so before anything else, confirm your pad geometry and overhead clearance: this tank needs a square base roughly 11.75 feet on each side and just over 13 feet of vertical room. It is offered in dark green, and the 1.0 specific gravity rating means it is rated for water service and other fluids no heavier than water.
Will it work for your site?
This is a vertical water storage tank built for bulk holding: agricultural supply, rural fire reserve, rainwater and reuse aggregation, hauled-water buffering, and process make-up water. Filled to capacity it carries 83,400 pounds of water, which is also its maximum rated contents weight at the 1.0 specific gravity rating, and that number drives every structural decision around it. A tank this size is not one you set on bare ground or compacted gravel and hope for the best. Review our Concrete Pad Sizing for Above-Ground Polyethylene Tanks guide so the slab is engineered for an 83,400-pound load spread across the full 141 x 141 inch footprint. If you are still narrowing capacity, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you confirm 10,000 gallons is the right water-storage target before you commit to a tank this large.
The mistakes to avoid
The most common and most expensive error on a tank this large is commissioning it without a controlled first fill. The shell, the pad, and the soil all settle under that 83,400-pound load, and a fast uncontrolled fill can crack a green concrete pad or expose a low spot before the tank is even in service. Follow our Hydrostatic Test Methodology for New-Install Tank Acceptance for the staged water-fill discipline, pad-settlement monitoring, fitting leak detection, and hold-time math that catch a problem while it is still cheap to fix. The second mistake is treating the 1.0 specific gravity rating as optional: this tank is rated for water service only, so do not fill it with anything heavier than water. If you need to store fertilizer, brine, or another heavier-than-water fluid, step up to a higher-SG vertical tank instead of overloading this shell. The third, easy to overlook: empty, this 160-inch-tall, 141-inch-diameter shell is a large wind sail, so plan tie-down and anchoring at the same time you design the pad.
Sizing and the bigger picture
If this 10,000-gallon vertical is going into a rural fire-protection role, the Fire-Water Reservoir Tank Design for Rural and Remote Sites guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate aggregation, the Industrial Water Reuse Tank Topology guide shows how a tank this size anchors a quality-banded storage train. For outlet, bulkhead, and manway plumbing detail, see the technical drawing on this page before you finalize your fitting layout.
This Norwesco vertical storage tank ships LTL freight quoted live to your delivery ZIP from the nearest Norwesco facility that molds it - Fairfield, TX; Hanford, CA; or Washington Court House, OH - so a West Coast, Texas, or Midwest install can pull from a regional plant rather than across the country. At 10,000 gallons this is an oversized, palletized LTL load, so get an exact number with our Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote freight live to your ZIP.
