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Originally Posted by mugwump
FYI for water, fuel, etc. They come in different grades for different liquids.
These were new to me...they are apparently the equivalent to steel shipping containers for small quantities of liquids. They're colloquially called "totes" and when I Googled "tote 330 gallons Illinois" I got hundreds of hits, many local.
Most are stackable up to 4 high, so I'd assume you could put one in the corner of the garage, fill it 3/4 with water (we freeze hard around here), cover it with a square of 3/4 ply, and stack stuff on it up to the ceiling. A 330 gal tote full of H2O would weigh more than a ton, so they must be tough if they stack 4 high. They have standard fittings and most apparently come with industrial ball valves. Standard size for 330 gal is 46½" x 46½" x 48".
The guy who told me about them got a once-used 330 gallon food-grade unit for $120 hauled away from a chocolate factory. He just had to rinse out liquid glucose residue.
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We use these in my line of work in 500-600 gal versions. Ours have fungicide & insecticide in them. You have to use a forklift to move them. If you had a walkout basement with double doors (or another way to get them in a environment that didn't freeze), you could put clean/new totes there & use a pump (Banjo Corp?) to move water to where you need it/into your current home piping.