The Snyder Industries 5100 Gallon Vertical Water Storage Tank is the volume workhorse for site-scale water programs, listed here in green High Density Linear Polyethylene with a 1.0 specific-gravity rating matched to fresh water. It stands 159 inches tall — 13'3" — on a 102 x 102 inch footprint, putting more than five thousand gallons into a single vertical column without sprawling across your pad. For anyone scoping bulk vertical storage at the high end of the poly range, this is the tank that holds the line on capacity while staying inside a square-cornered footprint you can pour a pad for.
Does it work for your site?
This is a vertical water tank built for atmospheric (non-pressurized) water storage at ambient specific gravity. The 1.0 SG rating means the wall is engineered for water-weight service; full, this tank carries 42,534 pounds of contents, and that figure is also its maximum rated contents weight, so there is no headroom for storing anything heavier than water. Confirm you have 13'3" (159") of overhead clearance plus room for fill and vent access above that, and that your pad area covers the 102 x 102 inch footprint, before you commit. If you are not sure 5,100 gallons is the right call for your draw and refill cycle, run the numbers on our Tank Sizing Calculator and read the Tank Sizing Guide first.
Installation and pad discipline
A vertical storage tank this size lives or dies on its foundation. At 42,534 pounds full, spread over a 102 x 102 inch (72.25 square foot) footprint, the distributed load on the slab is substantial — and uneven settlement is the most common way a large vertical water tank gets into trouble. Size the slab to carry the full water weight across the entire footprint, not just the center, and follow the framework in our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks. Once it is set, prove the install with a controlled fill rather than a single rush of water — our hydrostatic test methodology guide walks through fill discipline, pad-settlement monitoring, and the hold-time math that catches a fitting leak before it becomes a washout.
The mistake to avoid
Do not push this tank past water. The 1.0 specific-gravity rating is the whole story: it is sized for fresh water at roughly 8.34 pounds per gallon, and the 42,534-pound full-water figure is the ceiling, not a starting point. Putting a heavier-than-water liquid in a 1.0 SG tank overloads a wall it was never designed to carry. If your program is a fire-water reservoir, a water-reuse or rainwater-aggregation train, or any other large water-storage role, our guides on fire-water reservoir design and industrial water reuse tank topology show where a tank this size fits in the wider stack. Refer to the technical drawing on this page for fitting and dimensional confirmation before you plumb anything.
This 5,100 gallon Snyder vertical water storage tank ships LTL freight from the nearest stocking plant, with cost quoted live to your ZIP — get your number from our Freight Cost Estimator or call us at 866-418-1777. We will help you confirm the right water storage tank, line up the freight, and get this one onto your pad.
