About Us
The Darco Tanks Advantage
Most large tank manufacturers do not have the staff or the desire to deal with the public, so they rely on a network of distributors and dealers, whose expertise could be in pipe or plumbing vs underground fiberglass tanks.
For 40 years, Darco Tanks has provided private label underground water storage tanks with the application, design, logistics, and installation advice rarely found in one supplier. Our specialized accessory packages on tanks shipped from 11 plants of origin in 10 different states makes us the most complete and economical supplier in the water tank industry.
The Darco Tanks Team
Over 90 years of combined industry experience.
Dave Luke
Owner, General Manager
Dana Gottsegen
Project Manager, Operations
Mick Whitehead
Project Manager, Sales
Ellen Luke
Accounting
John Small
Founder, Technical Services
History of Darco
Darco Inc. started in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in response to an increasing need for water in a rugged environment that posed unique water storage and distribution challenges for fire districts, business owners, and residents. With widely spaced population centers, few districts had municipal water supply lines beyond the town center capable of delivering the water flows required to fight fires. With this growing need for water storage in strategic locations Darco began supplying underground water storage tanks for rural firefighting and pump truck testing to fire districts and front range municipalities.
In the 1990s Darco developed and patented a modular roto-molded polyethylene tank system called OcTank which could hold up to 10,000 gallons. As the demand for all types of water storage increased Darco expanded into direct bury fiberglass tanks ranging in volume from 3,000 gallons to an industry leading 80,000 gallons.
The OcTank division was sold in 2008 and Darco continued to focus on further development and expansion of the larger private label fiberglass tank side of the business. These innovative and cost-effective water storage solutions allowed Darco to partner with municipalities, fire districts, and homeowners across the country to provide on demand water storage.
Darco has supplied tanks for water storage applications beyond firefighting to include potable water storage, stormwater detention/retention, rainwater harvesting, wastewater holding, and agricultural uses. We have supplied tanks nationwide to schools and colleges, churches, hospitals, major retail stores, ranches, greenhouses, public safety training facilities, national parks, subdivisions, casinos and data centers.
Some of Darco’s more recent applications are in thermal water storage. Thermal Energy Storage (TES) uses the stored water as batteries designed to increase the efficiency of existing HVAC systems or supply the latest technology heat pumps installed in new construction. Large arrays of tanks in a thermal battery bank can supply hundreds of thousands of BTU’s of thermal capacity in an environmentally responsible, aesthetically pleasing, and cost effective manner. See our article on Time of Use Pricing and Thermal Energy Storage on our Resources page.
After nearly four decades of business and now under new ownership, Darco Tanks maintains its position as a reliable and respected supplier of water storage solutions throughout North America. As water becomes an increasingly finite resource, Darco Tanks continues to provide water storage solutions and innovative applications to meet the needs of individuals, businesses and communities managing this critical resource.