Including filter system and high-performance Strontium-90 filter.
Strontium-90 is a radioactive form of strontium that can occur at very low concentrations in water. Because it behaves much like calcium, it can move with groundwater and enter a home through the main service line without changing the water’s taste, smell, or appearance. The only reliable way for Florence homeowners to know whether it’s present is to have water testing that specifically looks for radionuclides.
Families in Florence use water for cooking, preparing ice, bathing, and brushing teeth, so drinking-water concerns extend throughout the house. If testing indicates elevated strontium-90, the objective becomes lowering exposure by treating water at the point it enters the home. Point-of-use devices protect a single faucet, but they leave the rest of your plumbing exposed; a correctly chosen whole-house system offers consistent protection for every fixture in a Florence home.
A whole-house water softener is often the most effective single-filter option for reducing strontium-90 because it relies on ion exchange. The resin in the softener swaps certain dissolved ions for sodium or potassium and can capture other positively charged ions like strontium. Since strontium-90 is chemically strontium, it can be reduced by the same exchange process—making an ion exchange softener a practical entry-point treatment for Florence households seeking broad coverage.
For reliable performance in Florence, an ion exchange softener should be sized to your household’s water use and the water’s mineral content. Regular regeneration with salt restores the resin’s ability to remove strontium, and routine maintenance helps sustain that performance. Often a softener paired with good prefiltration will protect the resin from sediment and extend media life. Mr. Pure Water can review your test results and recommend a whole-house softening system tailored to Florence homes that targets strontium-90 without unnecessary complexity.