The Snyder Industries 12,000-gallon vertical water storage tank (SKU SII-32076) is the size you reach for when a single tank has to anchor a site's entire water supply — fire reserve, agricultural draw, bulk process water, or a graded reuse train. It stands 196.5 inches tall on a 142 x 142 inch footprint, holds a full 12,000 gallons, and is molded in black High Density Linear Polyethylene with a 1.0 specific gravity rating. Because freight on a tank this large dominates total freight cost, start with our Freight Cost Estimator to get a live number to your ZIP before anything else.
Will it work for your site?
This is a 1.0 specific gravity tank, rated for fresh water and other contents at or below the weight of water — not for heavier brines or chemical service. Filled to capacity, the contents alone weigh 100,080 pounds, and that figure is also the tank's maximum rated contents weight, so there is no headroom for a denser liquid: keep this one on water. That load drives the entire install. Spread across the 142 x 142 inch footprint (about 140 square feet), 100,080 pounds works out to roughly 715 pounds per square foot distributed — hand that number to whoever pours your pad. Work through our concrete pad sizing guide before you pour, and see the technical drawing on this page for dimensional detail. If you are still settling on capacity, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help match storage volume to demand.
Fittings and outlet configuration
Fitting and outlet hardware is not specified in this listing. Before you order, call us at 866-418-1777 to confirm available bulkhead and outlet sizes and that the gasket material matches your service — do not assume a fitting kit is included. If you are considering anything other than water, that confirmation matters even more: this tank is built and rated for fresh water at 1.0 specific gravity, and the right outlet and gasket selection is part of getting the application correct.
Mistakes to avoid
The most common error on a tank this large is treating the 100,080-pound full-water weight as a footnote. It isn't — confirm your pad can carry the distributed load and that the ground beneath it won't settle unevenly under a six-figure point load. On a new install, fill and prove the tank with water before putting it into service: our hydrostatic test methodology guide walks through fill discipline, pad settlement monitoring, fitting leak detection, and hold-time math. For rural fire-water reserve duty, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection; for graded grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, see the industrial water reuse topology guide.
Freight
This vertical storage tank ships LTL from the Snyder plant in Merced, California, with freight quoted live to your ZIP code. At 196.5 inches tall and 142 inches across, it is an oversized load — confirm your exact cost through our Freight Cost Estimator before ordering, and call 866-418-1777 to coordinate offload, since a tank this size needs equipment on site to receive it. We'll help you line up delivery so it lands ready to set.
