Phone: 407-214-2646
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Phone: 407-214-2646
info@bestwaterheater.com
Phone: 407-214-2646
info@bestwaterheater.com
Including filter system and high-performance Radium filter.
Radium is a naturally occurring radioactive metal that sometimes appears in groundwater and residential drinking water, and you won’t be able to see, smell, or taste it. Lab reports may list it as radium-226 or radium-228, so testing is the only reliable way to know what’s in your tap water. In rural Christmas, where many homes rely on private wells and central Florida water is often hard or carries iron/sulfur odors depending on the aquifer, homeowners frequently choose treatments that protect the whole house rather than only a single faucet.
Radium can enter water as it moves through particular rock and soil, so its occurrence depends on local geology rather than everyday plumbing use. Because it behaves like other dissolved minerals, it can travel with hardness and other dissolved solids even when the water appears clear. If you want to reduce long-term exposure in a Christmas-area home — whether you live near Fort Christmas Historical Park, the Econlockhatchee River, or out toward the Orlando Wetlands — treating water at the point it enters the house helps protect drinking, cooking, and bathing at every tap.
For whole-house radium reduction, an ion exchange water softener is commonly the most effective single-filter option. These systems use resin beads that exchange sodium or potassium ions for certain dissolved minerals, and that same process can capture radium. When radium is dissolved rather than attached to sediment, an ion exchange softener installed on the main line treats all incoming water so every faucet in your Christmas home benefits from consistent protection.
Because ion exchange systems have limited capacity, correct sizing and routine maintenance are essential to keep radium removal reliable. The resin requires regular regeneration, and settings should be matched to your home’s water chemistry and usage so the media doesn’t exhaust prematurely. Many Christmas-area houses with hard, iron-tinged well water also gain from a sediment prefilter to shield the resin and maintain steady flow. Mr. Pure Water can help you pick and install a whole-house ion exchange solution that targets radium-226 and radium-228 while fitting your plumbing and daily needs.
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