Including filter system and high-performance Chlorine Dioxide filter.
Chlorine dioxide is a powerful disinfectant sometimes used to control microbes in drinking water. When levels are higher than desired, you may notice a sharp chemical taste or an oxidizing odor at the tap and in the shower — and bathing can leave skin or hair feeling drier than usual. In New Eden, where water sources and treatment can vary between municipal supplies and private wells, chlorine dioxide is one of the potential causes to consider if your water seems harsher than it used to be.
Because chlorine dioxide is reactive, it can create related byproducts while disinfecting, and those compounds can produce off tastes and smells even when the water looks clear. These odors are often more noticeable in hot water or after water has been sitting in pipes. If you’re using bottled water for drinking but still detect smells at faucets or in showers across your New Eden home, treating water at the point of entry will address cooking, bathing, laundry and all household uses more effectively than single-point or pitcher solutions.
To reduce chlorine dioxide across the whole house, a whole-house catalytic carbon filter is generally the most effective single-filter option. Catalytic carbon media is designed to handle oxidizing disinfectants and to improve taste and odor from those compounds. Installed where water enters your New Eden property, this type of system treats every fixture so you get cleaner-smelling, better-tasting water throughout the home without changing how you use it each day.
A correctly sized catalytic carbon system gives the media enough contact time and capacity to consistently lower chlorine dioxide and its byproducts, and it eliminates the need for multiple under-sink units or pitchers that don’t help showers and laundry. At Mr. Pure Water we’ll help pair the right whole-house catalytic carbon filter with your New Eden home's flow rate and water use. If you’re unsure whether chlorine dioxide is behind the issues you’re seeing, we can perform a water test to guide the recommendation.