Norwesco 13000 Gallon Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank

Where it goes and what it holds

This is plant equipment: bulk liquid fertilizer at a co-op or an applicator yard, process or wash water at a food plant, a chemical bulk tank behind a treatment works, a fire reserve for a remote facility, or a reuse reservoir collecting condensate and grey water across a campus. The heavy duty wall is what makes a tank this tall safe with liquids denser than water; the hoop stress near the base of a sixteen foot column is the design case, and the 1.9 rating is built for it. For plain water the standard wall tank in the same mould costs less. Check the liquid in our chemical compatibility guide before the first fill and keep it under 120 F. The pad is an engineered slab, not a gravel bed: a full tank is more than fifty tons on a circle twelve feet across, and it has to be flat, continuous and level under the entire base. Our guide to concrete pad sizing for above ground polyethylene tanks sets out the framework; at this size your engineer signs the slab. The manway sits at the top of 198 inches, so a fixed ladder with a platform is part of the installation, not an afterthought. Our fire water reservoir design guide and industrial water reuse storage guide cover those two jobs at this scale; the tank sizing calculator and tank sizing guide settle the volume.

Openings and fittings

1. Outlet. A 2 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting, factory installed low in the wall. On a tank this size a 2 inch outlet suits a metered feed or a pump suction; if you need to load a truck or feed a fire pump from it, tell us and we quote a larger bulkhead fitting with the tank. Support the valve and the first length of pipe on their own within a foot of the wall, and put a flexible connector before the first rigid joint; a sixteen foot column of liquid moves the wall as it fills and empties, and rigid pipe will fight it.
2. Manway. A 22 inch threaded vented manway on top, large enough for a float valve, a submersible pump or a mixer shaft, and for entry under a confined space permit. Leave the vent clear so air can move as the level changes, and keep the lid on.
3. Extra ports and the drawing. Only the one outlet comes installed; a fill port, an overflow or a return means extra bulkhead fittings we quote with the tank. Norwesco's drawing, linked under Technical Drawing on this page, shows the outlet height, the manway and the base profile.

Sizes nearby

The same heavy duty wall in light blue is the 13000 gallon blue heavy duty vertical tank. The standard 1.5 wall in this mould comes as the 13000 gallon black vertical tank or in white as the 13000 gallon white vertical tank. One step down is the 12000 gallon black vertical tank; one step up is the 15000 gallon black vertical tank. The colour and wall swatches above the price switch between the versions of this tank.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships from Norwesco's Albertville, Alabama plant at freight class 300 as a 144 by 144 by 198 inch load weighing 3600 lb. A tank this size travels on a flatbed as an oversize load and is set with a crane or a large telehandler with straps, never dragged; have the equipment and the pad ready for the delivery date, because the truck will not wait. The listed price is before freight; the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. Before the driver leaves, check the part number against 44017B on the bill of lading and walk the full circumference of the base and the outlet fitting looking for transit damage. Fill with water the first time, slowly, and watch the pad and the outlet before the tank carries anything else.

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