FWIW, working on replacing an existing 500,000 gallon fabric tank. Cost will be 
around $250,000 without significant site work. 

Todd G Williams, PE
Fire Protection Design/Consulting
Stonington, CT
www.fpdc.com
860-535-2080 (ofc)

> On Aug 27, 2014, at 10:05 PM, Bobby Gillett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I have designed a view jobs with 200,000 gallon tanks in the past. At that 
> time, Travis' estimate was real close. I have had a customer (large retail 
> distributor) that had enough water from the local municipality with a fire 
> pump and later added a second pump and a water storage tank for back up. That 
> tank was approximately 200,000 gallons as well. It's not unheard of and 
> sometimes where they build it is necessary. 
> 
> Bobby Gillett
> Living Water Fire Protection
> Cantonment, FL
> 
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> 
>> On Aug 27, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Travis Mack <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Used to budget tanks at $1 per gallon. So your price estimate way low. That 
>> was about 10 years ago. 
>> 
>> Look up tire storage. Rolled paper. Flammables. Foam systems. Big water 
>> demands. Supply IFC fire flows and easily hit that size. 
>> 
>> Travis Mack, SET
>> MFP Design, LLC
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Aug 27, 2014, at 5:58 PM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Do any of you who have to pin a disclaimer to what you think happen to know 
>>> if there will be some more thought given to this subject? I've never been 
>>> anything other than a designer so I have no idea what a half a million 
>>> gallon above ground water storage tank costs but I bet it's at least 50 
>>> grand. Why? How can an automatic system require so much?
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