Including filter system and high-performance Radium filter.
Radium is a naturally occurring radioactive metal that can sometimes seep into groundwater and affect residential drinking water, even when it’s invisible and tasteless at the tap. The only reliable way for Viking homeowners to know whether radium, or the forms radium-226 or radium-228, is present is through testing. When people want protection throughout the house—not just at one faucet—they often consider whole-house options that guard every shower, laundry load, and kitchen sink.
Because radium can dissolve from certain rock and soil as water moves underground, its presence depends on local geology more than everyday use. In Viking’s humid subtropical climate with typically hard groundwater, radium can move with other dissolved minerals and hardness even when water appears clear. If you’re worried about longer-term exposure, treating water where it enters the home provides consistent reduction across all plumbing fixtures for drinking, cooking, and bathing.
For whole-house radium reduction, an ion exchange water softener is frequently the most effective single-filter choice. These systems use resin beads that exchange sodium or potassium for dissolved minerals, and they can remove radium in the same process when it’s present in dissolved form rather than bound to sediment. Installed on the main service line, an ion exchange unit protects every tap in a Viking house and maintains even water quality throughout the plumbing.
Because ion exchange resin has limited capacity, correct sizing and routine regeneration are essential to keep radium removal reliable over time. In hard-water areas like Viking, matching system settings to your household demand and water chemistry helps prevent early media exhaustion, and a sediment prefilter often protects resin and maintains steady flow. Mr. Pure Water can help Viking homeowners choose and install a whole-house ion exchange system that targets radium-226 and radium-228 while fitting local plumbing and water use patterns.