Looking for maybe a 1500 or 2000 gallon water tank that can be buried. Would prefer one of those ribbed plastic ones. Looking to dump down spouts into it and maybe svn pump from my pond to it. Want a much better water supply than what my well produces for pressure washing and general watering.
Can anyone recommend a water tank?
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Call around to the pre-cast concrete business's. Find a 2000 gallon concrete septic tank. Cheap, easy and heavy. That plastic tank will eventually float out of the ground one day.
I set up a downspout cistern for my parents recently. We used a 1000 gallon septic tank and set it up with a by pass when it gets full. I wish we had 5000 gallons of capacity.
Have you ran the math on the square footage of roof vs annual rain fall? Its crazy how fast you can fill a 1000 gallon tank.
We set up a water proof switch on top of the tank access hatch with a red light on top to tell if the pump is on. We use a safety float to protect the submersible pump and a bypass on the pressure side so the pump won't burn out.
We just set a standard frost free hydrant next to the tank. Its a pretty neat setup and works well. The best thing is watering the garden with no chlorine or fluoride ect. Plants do much better on clean water.
RNeumann
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Yep those are a local purchase item. I looked online for a tank a few years ago and quickly realized the locals know what works with their soil and climate. Concrete, plastic and PVC all have advantages. In one area I installed a tank concrete wasn't a good option but the last one, in a different area, concrete was preferred.
Larry Caldwell
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I used an above ground 2500 gallon spun poly tank. I set it on concrete and built an insulated building around it.
EddieWalker
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I've been looking for an above ground tank for my garden online for quite awhile now and they where all a couple hours drive each way to get them. All of a sudden, Tractor Supply started selling them at their stores, and then Home Depot has them. Prices are a lot less at Home Depot then anywhere else I've seen. I can't vouch for quality of them, but for me, that's what I'm going to get.
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google "septic tank" and then once given website, look at there other tanks.
trying to search for any other terms generally results in poor search results, at least for me. and septic tank only way to find those larger tanks in my experience.
there are other types of "buried tanks" per say. were they dig a hole, toss a liner down into hole, then stack some "blocks" for structural support into hole, toss another liner over top of that, then back fill dirt over top of it all.
to note it, you might need a permit, for any sort of tank that gets buried. other words to many folks buried a tank, and then it collapsed in on itself, or they stored chemicals in it, and began leaking. and then government got on board requiring permits.
to note it, if you go with an actual septic tank. many times they have "baffles" inside of them. this may cause you issues. due to how the baffles are setup to deal with waste water.
trying to search for any other terms generally results in poor search results, at least for me. and septic tank only way to find those larger tanks in my experience.
there are other types of "buried tanks" per say. were they dig a hole, toss a liner down into hole, then stack some "blocks" for structural support into hole, toss another liner over top of that, then back fill dirt over top of it all.
to note it, you might need a permit, for any sort of tank that gets buried. other words to many folks buried a tank, and then it collapsed in on itself, or they stored chemicals in it, and began leaking. and then government got on board requiring permits.
to note it, if you go with an actual septic tank. many times they have "baffles" inside of them. this may cause you issues. due to how the baffles are setup to deal with waste water.