The Snyder Industries 5000 Gallon Black Vertical Water Storage Tank is a full-size bulk water reservoir molded in polyethylene for stationary outdoor storage. It stands 87 inches tall on a 144 x 144 inch (12 x 12 foot) footprint, holding 5,000 gallons in a single vertical column. The black resin blocks sunlight, which suppresses algae far better than translucent or light-colored tanks, so it is a common pick for water storage that sits for long stretches between draws.
Will this vertical storage tank work for your site
The numbers that decide the buy: capacity is 5,000 gallons and the rated specific gravity is 1.0, exactly matched to water. Plan for roughly 41,700 pounds of contents when full, so the base underneath has to carry that load. A poured, level concrete pad sized to the full 144 x 144 inch footprint is the right foundation for a tank this size. One caution if you are comparing buyer guides: some 5,000 gallon black tanks come in different dimensions, so size the pad to THIS tank's 144 x 144 footprint and not a differently-shaped 5,000 gallon variant, or you will pour the wrong base. A vertical tank set on uneven or soft ground loads unevenly and stresses the wall. If you are still confirming whether 5,000 gallons covers your draw and refill cycle, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide walk through the usage math for vertical storage.
Fittings, access, and venting
This tank comes configured with a polyethylene flange, a 2-inch heavy-duty bulkhead fitting in PP with EPDM gaskets, and a 1-1/2 inch PP eco-bulkhead with textured EPDM. Both bulkheads use EPDM gaskets, so verify EPDM compatibility with any treatment chemistry you dose (chlorine, for example) and match your pipe thread to the PP bulkhead body before you connect. Up top is a 24-inch vented polyethylene manway. The venting is not optional on a tank this big: at 12 feet across with a large wall area, drawing water down fast can pull a vacuum that buckles the wall, especially on a black tank heating in the sun. The vented PE manway is what relieves that vacuum as air enters to replace water leaving, so keep it unobstructed and do not swap to a sealed lid. See the technical drawing on this page for bulkhead placement and elevations.
The mistake to avoid
The 1.0 specific-gravity rating is the line that trips people up. This tank is engineered for water and contents that weigh the same as water. Fill it with a denser liquid and you exceed the wall's design load even when the tank is not physically full. Keep this one in water service; a denser-liquid application needs a different tank rated for a higher specific gravity. As a vertical storage tank it is also a stationary reservoir, not built for transport or partial-fill sloshing on the move. For longer-form planning, the industrial water reuse tank topology guide and the fire-water reservoir design guide cover sizing discipline for static water reserves.
This 5000 gallon vertical water storage tank ships LTL freight from the Merced, California plant, quoted live to your ZIP. A California origin means long-haul transit to eastern ZIPs, so quote early through the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777, and stage a forklift or loader rated for the crate before the truck arrives. At roughly 41,700 pounds full and 12 feet across, plan your offload equipment for a tank this size well ahead of delivery.
