Including filter system and high-performance Chlorite filter.
Chlorite is a chemical byproduct that can appear in drinking water when chlorine dioxide is used to disinfect. It’s different from chlorine but may be present for similar treatment reasons. Because chlorite stays dissolved, it often won’t change the taste, smell, or appearance of tap water — many homeowners in Saint Augustine South first hear about it from a utility notice or a private water test.
If you’d rather limit chlorite in the water you cook with, drink, and bathe in, a whole-house solution gives consistent protection to every faucet and appliance. In St. Johns County’s humid subtropical climate and with hard municipal groundwater common here, point-of-use pitchers or simple sediment cartridges usually aren’t enough to address dissolved byproducts consistently across the home.
For chlorite, the best single whole-house filter is catalytic carbon. This media is designed to promote surface reactions that help reduce certain oxidizing byproducts more effectively than standard activated carbon. Because chlorite is dissolved, treatment requires adequate contact time and the correct media — a correctly sized catalytic carbon tank on the main line provides that treatment before water circulates through your Saint Augustine South plumbing.
A catalytic carbon whole-house system is usually installed after the main shutoff so it protects plumbing, fixtures, and daily water use without changing how you live. Pairing it with a sediment prefilter can help with the hard, mineral-rich groundwater common in our area and extend the carbon bed’s life, but the catalytic carbon is the primary stage for reducing chlorite. Mr. Pure Water can assess your home’s flow needs and recommend the right tank size and setup for Saint Augustine South households.