Including filter system and high-performance Perchloroethylene filter.
Perchloroethylene can appear in drinking water at low levels and often goes undetected by smell or taste. Also called PCE, PERC, and tetrachloroethylene, it’s commonly linked with industrial and dry-cleaning activities. For Edgewood homeowners, understanding possible sources and how utilities or wells may treat this solvent is the first step toward keeping it out of your taps and showers.
Perchloroethylene is volatile, so it can move from water into the air in your home during routine activities like showering or dishwashing, increasing your household’s exposure beyond drinking. Whether your Edgewood home is on municipal water or a private well, testing responsibility and treatment approaches differ; taking a point-of-entry, whole-house approach helps address contaminants where water first enters your plumbing.
To reduce perchloroethylene throughout an Edgewood house, a whole-house activated carbon system is generally the single-filter choice most effective for VOCs like PCE/PERC. Carbon media adsorbs these compounds as water flows through the tank, and because tetrachloroethylene readily volatilizes, treating water at the entry point also lowers what can be released during showers and other uses. The outcome is cleaner water to every fixture in your home rather than filtration at just one sink.
Sizing matters for whole-house carbon in Edgewood, where hard Central Florida groundwater and year-round outdoor water use can affect flow and scale. Adequate contact time and correct flow rate improve perchloroethylene removal, and installers typically place the system before plumbing branches to protect bathrooms, laundry, and kitchen lines. A sediment prefilter can extend carbon life in homes prone to mineral or particulate buildup, while the carbon stage handles the primary removal; Mr. Pure Water can recommend the right whole-house carbon setup for your household and plumbing layout.