Including filter system and high-performance Personal Care Products filter.
Everyday grooming and bathroom use can leave tiny traces of personal care products in household water. This group covers residues from soaps, shampoos, lotions, deodorants, fragrances and cosmetics, along with related consumer chemicals that may persist at very low concentrations. You often won’t detect them by smell or taste, but many Footman homeowners choose to limit these compounds in the water used for bathing, laundry and cooking. When people mention PPCPs, they mean these personal care products and similar ingredients that can withstand typical treatment processes.
Because personal care products include a wide variety of formulas, they respond differently once in water—some dissolve readily, others attach to particles, and some degrade only slowly. That variability, plus changing upstream conditions and treatment, can make their presence intermittent. In Footman’s humid subtropical climate, where household water use is frequent, addressing these compounds at your home’s point of entry helps create a more consistent experience across showers, sinks and appliances.
For removing most personal care products, a whole-house activated carbon system sized for full-home flow is the single most effective filter option. Activated carbon adsorbs many organic compounds, including a broad range of ingredients found in personal care products and PPCPs. Because these contaminants are usually present at very low concentrations, it’s important to provide sufficient contact time between water and the carbon while keeping good flow—so a properly sized, high-capacity carbon tank is generally preferred over small cartridges for whole-home treatment.
Mr. Pure Water installs whole-house carbon filters to treat incoming water before it reaches showers, sinks and appliances, giving Footman residents home-wide reduction of personal care products that sediment filters can’t target alone. Using the right carbon media and correctly sizing the system lets you improve overall water quality without changing everyday plumbing use. If you’re worried about PPCPs in your home water, a point-of-entry activated carbon system is a practical step toward cleaner water throughout your house.