Including filter system and high-performance Strontium-90 filter.
Strontium-90 is a radioactive form of strontium that can appear in water at trace levels and, like calcium, moves with groundwater and into your plumbing through the main supply. It won’t change the taste, smell, or look of your water, so the only way to confirm its presence in Buckhead Ridge homes — especially those on wells near Lake Okeechobee — is with testing that includes radionuclides.
You use water for much more than drinking: cooking, ice, bathing and oral hygiene all matter, so if testing shows elevated strontium-90 you’ll want treatment that protects every faucet. Point-of-use cartridges can defend a single tap, but they won’t stop contaminants from reaching washing machines, irrigation lines, or showers. A correctly chosen whole-house system gives consistent protection across your Buckhead Ridge property and helps safeguard plumbing from the region’s hard, iron- or sulfur-affected water as well.
A whole-house water softener using ion exchange is often the most practical single-filter option for reducing strontium-90, because the resin swaps certain dissolved ions for sodium or potassium and can also capture positively charged contaminants like strontium. That same exchange chemistry that addresses hardness in Glades County water can also lower strontium concentrations, making an ion exchange softener a sensible entry-point treatment for Buckhead Ridge homes.
To be effective in Buckhead Ridge, an ion exchange softener must be sized for your household’s flow and the high mineral content commonly found here. Regular regeneration with salt restores the resin so it continues to remove strontium over time, and good prefiltration helps keep sediment, iron and sulfur from shortening media life. Mr. Pure Water can review your water test results and recommend a whole-house softening setup tailored to local conditions and your home’s needs.