How much does a water tower weigh?

Typical weight

500–8,000 t

That is 1,100,000–17,600,000 lb, or 500,000–8,000,000 kg.

An elevated tank that holds a town's water high enough to pressurise the mains by gravity alone.

Dominated by the water, which weighs 1 t per cubic metre.

How that compares

Water tower against things of a similar mass.

Space Needle 8,660 t

Saturn V 2,970 t

London Eye 2,100 t

Water tower 500–8,000 t

General Sherman Tree 1,900 t

Christ the Redeemer 635 t

Airbus A380 277–575 t

Falcon 9 549.1 t

How much does a water tower weigh?: A water tower weighs 500–8,000 t (1,100,000–17,600,000 lb). Dominated by the water, which weighs 1 t per cubic metre.