Including filter system and high-performance Personal Care Products filter.
Personal care products can leave tiny residues that enter household water through everyday use and disposal. This category includes traces from soaps, shampoos, lotions, deodorants, fragrances and cosmetics, plus related consumer chemicals that may persist at low levels. You often won’t detect them by smell or taste, yet many Bertha homeowners prefer to limit what’s in the water used for bathing, laundry and cooking. When you hear PPCPs, it’s referring to these personal care products and similar compounds that can carry through treatment.
Because personal care products are a wide group of formulas, they act differently once they’re in water: some dissolve readily, some attach to particles, and others break down slowly. That variability means concentrations can change based on source water and treatment before it reaches Bertha homes. If you want a steadier, more predictable water experience across showers, faucets and laundry, reducing personal care products at the point where water enters the house helps limit daily exposure throughout the home.
For many personal care products, the best single-filter solution is a whole-house activated carbon system sized for your home’s full flow. Activated carbon adsorbs a wide range of organic compounds, including ingredients commonly found in personal care products and PPCPs. Because these compounds are typically present at very low concentrations, it’s important the water has sufficient contact time with the carbon while maintaining household flow — which is why a properly sized, high-capacity carbon tank is usually preferred over small cartridge-style filters for whole-home use in Bertha.
Mr. Pure Water installs whole-house carbon filtration to treat water at the point of entry so reductions occur before water reaches showers, sinks and appliances. In inland Florida areas like Bertha, where limestone-influenced groundwater often contributes to hard water and scale, a point-of-entry carbon tank can address organic compounds that sediment filters don’t catch, while fitting into your existing plumbing without changing daily use. If PPCPs are a concern, an appropriately sized activated carbon system is a practical whole-home step.