Including filter system and high-performance Oxadiazon filter.
Oxadiazon is a herbicide used to control weeds that can sometimes enter source water from lawn or agricultural runoff. Because it’s odorless and tasteless, the only way to know if oxadiazon is in your plumbing is through testing, and many Collier County homeowners choose to limit exposure as a precaution. If you want peace of mind at every tap in your Lely Resort home—from the Players Club area to The Mustang neighborhoods—treating water at the main line makes management simple and consistent.
Even clear, good-tasting water can contain man-made organic chemicals that won’t show up without lab analysis. Oxadiazon is more often linked to runoff or incidental contamination than to the minerals that cause the hard water scale you might notice in Naples–Marco Island area homes. Because typical softeners or sediment fixes won’t reliably remove it, a whole-house solution is the best way to protect showers, laundry, cooking and cleaning throughout a Lely Resort property.
For oxadiazon reduction, a whole-house activated carbon filter is the most practical and effective option for most homes. Activated carbon adsorbs many organic compounds as water passes through the media, and because oxadiazon is an organic herbicide, carbon filtration is the appropriate technology for this class of contaminants. When installed at your home’s point of entry, a carbon system treats water used in bathrooms, kitchens and appliances across the entire house.
To work well in a Lely Resort home—where hard water from Collier County utilities can contribute to scale—the carbon tank needs adequate contact time and the right media, such as catalytic carbon or high-capacity granular activated carbon rated for VOCs and herbicide reduction. Proper sizing is important because high household flow rates can shorten contact time and reduce adsorption. Adding a prefilter helps keep sediment out of the carbon bed, preventing channeling; Mr. Pure Water can help size and select a whole-house carbon system so oxadiazon reduction is consistent across every tap.