The Norwesco 10,000 gallon vertical liquid storage tank is molded in white High Density Linear Polyethylene and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating. It stands 160 inches tall on a 141 x 141 inch footprint, which is the first number to settle before anything else: this is an 11.75-foot-wide, 13.3-foot-tall vessel, and the pad, gate clearances, and crane or forklift access all have to be planned around those two dimensions. This unit ships without fittings, so the bulkhead, outlet, and vent package is yours to spec to the application rather than something you inherit from the factory.
Will it work for your site
Full of water this Norwesco vertical tank weighs 83,400 pounds, and the 1.9 SG rating means it is engineered to carry contents up to 158,460 pounds at full load - roughly 1.9 times the weight of plain water. Read that headroom as a structural safety margin, not an invitation to overload: 1.9 is the heaviest rating Norwesco molds on this vessel, so this listing is already the high-SG build, and there is no heavier variant to step up to. The weight is exactly why the foundation matters more here than on any smaller tank. A flat, fully supported, properly engineered pad is not optional at this size. Because the tank arrives without fittings, you will source the bulkhead fitting and gasket, the outlet, and the vent separately - and the gasket material has to match the liquid you store. Size the atmospheric vent to the fill and draw rates you will actually run; undersized venting is the quiet failure mode on large verticals during fast fill or rapid draw, and our API 2000 vent sizing worked examples for 1,500 to 10,000 gallon verticals walk through the math for a tank exactly this size.
Sizing and design considerations
For reservoir and rural fire-protection use, confirm your required storage volume and refill window before locking in 10,000 gallons. The Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you check that this capacity matches your demand. If this is going into a private fire-protection stack, our guide to fire-water reservoir tank design for rural and remote sites covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection for cold-climate service. One more design note specific to tall verticals: the most common premature-failure point is the vapor-saturated headspace near the top of the wall, not the liquid side most operators inspect. The HDPE tank wall-thickness guide explains the ASTM D1998 sizing logic behind that and why it is worth understanding before you buy. You can confirm the layout against the technical drawing on this page.
The mistake to avoid
The error people make on a tank this large is treating the foundation and access as an afterthought. An 83,400-pound full water weight on an unlevel or partially supported pad concentrates stress and shortens service life, and an 11.75-foot-wide tank cannot be maneuvered into a site that was measured for something smaller. Confirm the 141 x 141 inch footprint and 160-inch height clear every gate, doorway, and overhead obstruction on the delivery route, and have your placement equipment staged before the truck arrives.
This Norwesco vertical storage tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest of four stocking plants - Fairfield, TX; Hanford, CA; St. Bonifacius, MN; and Washington Court House, OH - so the quote pulls from whichever origin is closest to you. Get a freight quote to your ZIP with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to spec the fitting and gasket package and plan placement and offloading for a tank this size.
