The Snyder Industries 15000 Gallon Vertical Storage Tank is a heavy-duty polyethylene vertical tank built for bulk water storage where a large above-ground volume has to sit on one footprint. It carries a natural white polyethylene shell, holds a full 15,000 gallons in a 165-inch by 165-inch footprint, and stands 184 inches tall. It ships from Snyder's Ohio plant, which matters for freight, and if you are comparing white vertical storage tanks for a rural fire reserve, a bulk process feed, or a reuse train, this is one of the larger single-vessel options in the vertical family.
Will it work for your site?
The tank is rated to a 1.5 specific gravity, so it is built to carry contents up to 1.5 times the weight of water without exceeding its design limit. For plain water that is a wide safety margin: filled to the top with water the contents alone weigh about 125,100 lbs, and the tank is rated to hold up to 187,650 lbs of contents at its full 1.5 SG rating. That same rating also qualifies this vessel for denser-than-water fluids up to 1.5 SG, so if you need to store brine or a heavier process liquid rather than just water, this model handles it where a water-only-rated tank would not. Those numbers drive everything downstream, so size the pad and foundation to the loaded weight, not the empty shell. Run your volume and headroom through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit to a location, review our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks for the ACI framework behind a proper base, and see our Snyder freeboard sizing breakdown to understand how thermal expansion and density affect the volume you can actually use.
Fittings and access
This vertical storage tank comes with a 24-inch PE threaded and vented lid up top plus a manway with 22-inch access, giving you a real entry point for inspection, cleaning, and interior work on a vessel this size. Confirm your inlet, outlet, and overflow plumbing against the technical drawing on this page so the fitting locations line up with your piping before delivery, and verify gasket details there as well since gasketing is not called out in the listed specs. At 184 inches, roughly 15.3 feet tall, plan your ladder, platform, and top access early rather than after the tank is set.
Where it fits
At 15,000 gallons this tank suits fire-water reserves, agricultural and irrigation supply, municipal and industrial process storage, and larger water reuse setups. If a private fire-protection reservoir is your use case, our fire-water reservoir tank design guide walks the NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, and condensate aggregation, see our industrial water reuse tank topology breakdown.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Washington Court House, Ohio, quoted live to your ZIP. Get a rate with the Freight Cost Estimator, and because this is an oversized vessel that needs offload equipment and a clear delivery path, call us at 866-418-1777 to confirm access and schedule. We will help you match the right base, fittings, and delivery plan to your site.
