The Snyder Industries 2600 Gallon Vertical Water Storage Tank in green is a High Density Linear Polyethylene vertical storage tank built for bulk water service at a 1.0 specific gravity rating. It stands 91 inches tall on a 96-by-96-inch footprint and holds 2,600 gallons. Note the proportions: at 96 inches wide and 91 inches tall, this is a squat, low-profile vertical tank that is slightly wider than it is tall, which changes how you plan the pad and your overhead clearance versus a taller, narrower vertical of the same capacity. Filled to capacity, the tank and contents carry a full water weight of 21,684 pounds, and the maximum rated contents weight matches that figure at 1.0 SG, so it is sized for plain water and any contents at or below the specific gravity of water.
Will this water storage tank work for your install?
The dimensions drive the rest of the project. The 96-by-96-inch footprint and 91-inch height set your pad size and overhead clearance, and the 21,684-pound full-water weight sets what your concrete has to carry. Size the pad to the loaded weight before you fill, not the empty tank, and confirm settlement and level under load. The factory fitting package handles both fill and draw: the technical drawing on this page calls out a 1-1/2-inch polypropylene bulkhead fitting with an EPDM seal, a 2-inch heavy-duty polypropylene bulkhead fitting with EPDM, a flange, an additional bulkhead port, and a vented 24-inch polyethylene manway up top. Both factory bulkheads seal with EPDM elastomer gaskets, which is well suited to water service, so you know the gasket material at the tank wall when you match downstream plumbing. The vented manway matters on a tank this size: it lets the tank breathe as you draw down and refill without pulling a vacuum on the wall, and that same 24-inch port is your access point for fill-and-inspect acceptance work.
Sizing, pad work, and commissioning
If you are still settling on capacity or footprint, run the numbers with our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide so the pad and plumbing get specified once. For the concrete, the concrete pad sizing framework walks through carrying 21,000-plus pounds of loaded vertical tank on an above-ground slab. Once the tank is set, the hydrostatic test methodology covers water-fill acceptance through the 24-inch manway, pad settlement monitoring, and fitting leak checks before the tank goes into service. For rural fire-water reservoirs, the fire-water reservoir design guide and the water reuse topology guide show where a 2,600-gallon vertical tank fits in larger storage trains.
The mistake to avoid
This tank is rated to 1.0 specific gravity, which is plain water. Do not put a heavier-than-water liquid in it. The moment your contents go above a specific gravity of 1.0, the wall is carrying more than it was built for, so a denser solution needs a higher-SG-rated tank, not this one. If your liquid runs heavier than water, call 866-418-1777 and we will match you to a tank rated for the specific gravity you actually need. The other common miss is underbuilding the pad: at 21,684 pounds full, a slab sized for the empty tank will settle unevenly and stress the bulkhead fittings. Specify the pad to the loaded weight, set the tank dead level, and the fittings stay sealed.
This 2,600-gallon vertical water storage tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder Industries plant in Merced, California, quoted live to your ZIP code. Freight scales with distance from Merced, so if you are outside the West, get your ZIP quote before you commit with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote the tank and freight to your site. Whether you are specifying vertical water storage for a ranch, a fire reserve, or an industrial reuse train, our team can confirm the fitting layout and delivery before you order.
