Snyder Industries 150 Gallon Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank

The lift station tank

A chemical feed at a lift station or a remote well has a pad, a pump and weather, and the tank is the only shelter the chemical gets. A black wall keeps sun off a liquid that loses strength in light, holds clear water clear, and ages far slower than a white wall in the open; the price is that it runs warmer in the sun and hides the level, so the tank gets a shade hood if the chemical must stay cool and a sender or a sight tube from day one. The 1 inch outlet feeds the metering pump directly through an isolation valve, so the pump comes out for service without draining the tank, and 150 gallons is a couple of weeks of feed on most dosing duties. Full at the rating it puts 2,377 pounds on a 30 inch circle: a level slab per the concrete pad sizing guide, a spill tray or a berm when the liquid is regulated, and a strap to a post, because a narrow tall tank goes over in a gust when it is empty. The tank sizing calculator turns feed rate and delivery interval into a volume, and the tank sizing guide covers the reserve that keeps the pump wet between deliveries.

The 150 in its grades, and the 130 and 175 beside it

The C26 is this tank in white for a tank that lives indoors, where the level shows through the wall. The N42 is the cross-linked one for hypochlorite and peroxide, and the N48 the other chemical grade, on the same 30 x 59 shell at this weight. The 1007300C26 is the 130 gallon at 51 inches and the 1008400C26 the 175 at 66, an inch narrower, for when the delivery interval says smaller or larger.

Still deciding between these? Freight to your ZIP often settles it; the wider tanks ship differently. Or call 866-418-1777 and we will walk the table with you.

Outlet, manway, gauge

• Outlet: 1 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting, at the base; an isolation valve at the tank, a flexible connector to the pump, and the pump mounted below the outlet so it primes by gravity.
• Access: 18 inch threaded, vented manway, 59 inches up, opened from the ground; fill from a drum pump or a tote through a dip tube, and vent outside on anything that fumes.
• Service limit: 120 F / 48 C.

A sight tube off the outlet is the gauge on a black tank, read from the pad without opening the lid, and a low-level float or a weighted suction lance stops the pump before it draws air; a feed pump that runs dry loses its prime and the site loses its dose until someone drives out. Keep the manway closed against rain and vapor, label the one chemical the tank holds, and stand it in a spill tray. Where it freezes, trace or drain the outlet valve and the suction line; the body takes ice from the top down without harm, and a black wall thaws first in the morning.

Outdoor feed duty

An odor-control chemical feed at a lift station, the chlorine solution tank at a well site, a coagulant day tank at a package plant on an open pad, a biocide tank at an outdoor cooling tower, and the supply tank on a trailer-mounted pilot skid. Not a water tank; a 150 gallon water tank is a cheaper wall, and this one is bought for what it resists.

Shipping from Philippi

The 1012800C34 ships from Philippi, West Virginia as LTL freight at class 300; the freight cost estimator quotes it to your ZIP, and the listed price is before freight. One person carries 55 pounds through a door upright; at 30 inches across it fits. Fill it with water to the manway once and look at the outlet fitting for a weep, then drain and dry before the chemical goes in. Write the chemical and the date on the wall in paint marker where the next operator will see it. Write the outlet fitting size and material on the site plan; the replacement is ordered by those two words.