1005 Gallon Blue Heavy Duty Vertical Liquid Storage Tank

Where a 48 inch tank earns its height

This tank stores 1005 gallons on a circle 48 inches across, which is why it ends up in chemical rooms, shop corners, pump houses and rows of tanks on one pad where floor space is the limit. The cost of that footprint is 134 inches of height, a little over eleven feet to the top of the manway. Measure the ceiling, the door header and anything overhead before you order, and plan how someone reaches the manway to fill, inspect or clean. The translucent wall is the reason to pick blue over black: a glance tells you how much is left, which matters most on a tank fed by a delivery truck or drawn down by a metering pump. If the liquid is sensitive to light or the tank sits in the sun where algae would grow in water, the black version below is the better choice. A tall slim tank shows every bit of lean, so the pad has to be flat and level; our guide to pad sizing for above ground polyethylene tanks covers it. For rainwater, our first flush diverter sizing guide explains what to put ahead of the inlet; for a reuse train, see how a reuse storage train is banded by quality; for a fire reserve, fire water reservoir design for remote sites. Size the volume with the tank sizing calculator and the tank sizing guide.

What to check before you buy

1. The liquid. The 1.9 specific gravity rating means the wall is built for liquids up to 1.9 times the weight of water: dense fertilizers and many concentrated chemicals as well as water itself. Full of water the tank carries close to four tons of liquid, and more at the rating limit, so the pad and the floor under it have to be sized for the full weight. Check anything other than water against polyethylene before the first fill.
2. Outlet. A 2 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting with a siphon tube, factory installed. The siphon tube lets the outlet draw from lower in the tank than the fitting sits. A 2 inch valve or camlock threads straight in; support the valve and the first length of pipe on their own.
3. Manway. A 16 inch threaded vented manway on top. It takes a fill line, a float switch and a cleaning brush. Keep the vent clear so the tank can breathe as the level moves.
4. Temperature. Keep the contents at or below 120 F.
5. Drawing. Norwesco's drawing for this tank, linked under Technical Drawing on this page, shows the fitting height and the siphon arrangement.

Sizes and versions nearby

Same heavy duty tank in black, for light sensitive liquids or water in the sun: the 1005 gallon black heavy duty tank, 44820B. If water is the only load and the standard 1.5 rating is enough, the 1005 gallon black standard tank, 44818B is lighter and costs less. One step down is the 850 gallon black vertical tank, 42839; one step up is the 1000 gallon black vertical tank, 40584. The colour swatches above the price switch between the versions of this tank.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships LTL at freight class 300 from Norwesco's Fairfield, Texas plant, upright, 48 by 48 by 134 inches and 249 lb. Tell us whether the stop has a dock or a forklift and we will route it accordingly. The listed price is before freight; the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. At the tailgate, check the part number 44820 against the bill of lading, look over the full height of the wall for transit damage, and fill it with water the first time before anything heavier goes in.

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