The Norwesco 1075 gallon vertical water storage tank is built for above-ground bulk water storage where you need real capacity without a sprawling footprint. It stands 51 inches tall on an 87-inch-diameter round base, holding 1,075 gallons of water in a single vertical column. The dark brown exterior makes this a practical choice for outdoor irrigation, livestock, fire-reserve, and rainwater-collection service, and because the wall is opaque dark brown it blocks light to help inhibit algae growth in stored water. The tank body is molded polyethylene rated to 1.0 specific gravity, matched to the density of water.
Will it work for your site?
At 1,075 gallons, this Norwesco vertical tank carries 8,966 pounds of water when full (1,075 gal at about 8.34 lb per gallon), so the pad and the soil beneath it have to carry roughly nine thousand pounds. The tank is 87 inches in diameter, meaning it fits within an 87 x 87 inch square pad. Confirm your base before delivery. A vertical water storage tank like this performs best on a fully supporting, level pad rather than a partial ring or a few blocks. If you are not sure the area you have can take the diameter and the loaded weight, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide first. For pad construction itself, our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI framework that governs a slab of this size.
Sizing it into a larger system
This vertical storage tank is a common building block in rural water storage, whether you are aggregating rainwater, holding a fire-water reserve, or banking reuse water. If you are designing a private fire-protection reserve, see our write-up on fire-water reservoir tank design for rural and remote sites, which covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, and condensate aggregation, our guide on industrial water reuse tank topology shows how to band quality across a storage train. This tank's outlet and fitting configuration is not spec'd on this listing, so confirm the exact fitting locations from the technical drawing on this page before you plumb the tank in, and call 866-418-1777 if you need to verify what is included before ordering.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a tank this size is commissioning it without a proper acceptance test. Do not assume a new install is leak-free, and do not load the pad in one step. Fill the tank with water and watch it: monitor the pad for settlement, check every fitting for weeping, and hold the level long enough to be sure. Our guide on hydrostatic test methodology for new-install tank acceptance lays out the water-fill discipline and hold-time math. The other thing to respect is the specific-gravity rating. Specific gravity rating: 1.0 (water). Do not store liquids denser than water in this tank; keep it on water service.
This Norwesco 1075 gallon vertical water storage tank ships LTL freight from the Norwesco plant in Fairfield, TX, with the rate quoted live to your ZIP code. Get your number in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you and answer any questions on fittings, pad prep, or lead time.
