Snyder Industries 3000 Gallon Plastic Vertical Water Storage Tank in Black

Twenty-four inches of access

A 24 inch manway is the difference between reaching in and climbing in. It makes a full cleanout practical, lets a float valve or a submersible pump be installed and serviced from the top, and gives the tank a vent path large enough to keep up with a fast pump-out of 3,000 gallons. Keep that vent clear. The bolted outlet spreads its sealing force around a ring of stainless bolts and can be re-torqued after the first fill, which is the connection to have under the full head of a 112 inch tank feeding a pressure pump.

The 3,000 gallon shapes

Four of these tanks share the 96 inch floor. The WB72 stands 3 inches above the 32567 and trades 22 pounds of wall for the larger manway and the bolted outlet; the green 32569 carries the heaviest wall of the three at 427 pounds. The 102 inch straight-wall 32781 is the low option at 97 inches if the ceiling is the constraint, and the 32294 adds 500 gallons on the same floor for 13 more inches of height.

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.

Twenty-five thousand pounds

Full, the tank holds 25,020 pounds of water on a 96 inch circle. A level pad in full contact with the whole floor is the requirement, and at this weight a slab is the usual answer; the pad is sized on the ACI 360R-10 method covered in the concrete pad guide referenced from the family pages. Service limit is 120 F / 48 C. The black wall blocks the light that grows algae in stored water. Confirm the volume you need against your draw with the tank sizing calculator and the tank sizing guide.

The jobs

Three thousand gallons is the size most rural fire plans start taking seriously; the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and freeze protection for a poly tank in that role. It is also the storage block of a rainwater or reuse system laid out in the industrial water reuse topology guide, and an irrigation or stock reserve at farm scale. For a level reading through the black wall, the level gauge selection guide compares the sensor types.

Oversize freight

At 96 inches across the tank ships as oversize freight (NMFC 156600) on a flatbed, quoted by lane through the freight cost estimator; the listed price is before freight. At 360 pounds it takes a forklift or a loader with straps to set. Fill it in stages the first time, watching the pad and the bolted outlet as the head comes on, per the hydrostatic test methodology guide.