10000 Gallon Plastic Water Storage Tank

What ten thousand gallons is for

A private fire supply for a rural property or a small facility, bulk water for a ranch or a nursery, process and wash water for a plant, and the storage tank in a commercial rainwater or reuse system. The fire water reservoir design guide covers the volumes departments look for, the draft connection they want to see and keeping the tank liquid through winter; the water reuse storage guide covers where a tank this size sits in a reuse train. At 160 inches, just over thirteen feet, the manway is a fixed ladder job and the empty tank catches wind, so strap it until the first fill. The 141 inch circle, twelve feet across, must sit on a flat, level, continuous engineered slab carrying 83,400 lb of water plus the tank; the concrete pad sizing guide gives the framework and at this load an engineer should size and sign the pad. If the supply cannot be interrupted, two tanks with a crossover let you drain and clean one while the other serves. The tank sizing calculator and the tank sizing guide help with the volume question.

Openings and fittings

1. Outlet. A 2 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting low in the wall. For a fire draft connection or fast truck filling, 2 inches is on the slow side for a tank this size; tell us the flow or the connection the department wants and we will confirm what is needed before the tank ships. Support the valve and the pipe on their own.
2. Inlet. No separate inlet fitting is listed on this page. Tell us how you plan to fill the tank and we will confirm the fill arrangement in writing before you order.
3. Manway. A 22 inch threaded vented manway on top, wide enough to work through, and the tank's vent.
4. Rating. 1.1 specific gravity, a maximum of 9.18 lb per gallon. Water. Liquid fertilizers are heavier and need a tank rated 1.5 or higher. Keep contents under 120 F.
5. Drawing. Norwesco's drawing for this tank, linked under Technical Drawing on this page, shows the outlet height and the manway position; read it before the slab is poured so the outlet faces the pipe run.

Sizes and colours nearby

Same tank in dark green: the 10000 gallon dark green vertical water tank. One step down: the 7750 gallon vertical water tank. One step up: the 11000 gallon dark green vertical water tank. The colour swatches above the price switch between the versions of this tank.

Shipping and receiving

A 141 inch tank is a wide load. It ships as an oversize shipment on a flatbed, freight class OVS, from the nearest of Norwesco's Fairfield, Texas; Hanford, California or Washington Court House, Ohio plants, and the carrier needs a site a flatbed can reach and turn in. Three plants is the reason this size often costs less to land than a smaller tank from a single distant plant; the listed price is before freight, and the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. Standing it up takes a crane or a large telehandler and a rigging plan with slings that spread the load; arrange that before the truck is booked. At the tailgate, check the part number against 43132 on the bill of lading, walk the shell for transit damage, stand it on the slab, and run the water fill acceptance test, watching the pad for settlement as it fills, before it carries anything else.

Questions before you order? Call 866-418-1777.