Including filter system and high-performance Strontium-90 filter.
Strontium-90 is a radioactive form of strontium that can occur in water at trace levels. Because it behaves much like calcium, it moves with groundwater and can enter a house through the main service line, with no taste, smell, or color to give it away. The only reliable way for Highlands Park Estates homeowners to know if it’s present is to have water tested specifically for radionuclides.
In homes around Highlands Park Estates you use water for much more than drinking—cooking, making ice, bathing, and brushing teeth all matter. While a point-of-use filter can protect a single faucet, it won’t cover showers, washing machines or outdoor hoses. If testing identifies elevated strontium-90, treating water at the entry point with a whole-house system gives protection across the home and reduces overall household exposure.
A whole-house water softener that uses ion exchange is often the most effective single-filter option for reducing strontium-90 because the resin swaps certain dissolved ions for sodium or potassium. Since strontium is chemically similar to calcium, the same exchange process can capture positively charged strontium ions, making an ion exchange softener a practical choice for entry-point treatment in Highlands Park Estates homes.
To perform well in Highlands Park Estates, an ion exchange softener must be sized for your household’s flow and the overall mineral load of your water—many local homes also contend with mineral scale or corrosion, so testing for hardness, iron or sulfur where applicable helps. Regular regeneration with salt renews the resin so it continues removing strontium, and routine maintenance plus a good prefilter to catch sediment will extend media life. Mr. Pure Water can review your test results and recommend a whole-house softener setup that targets strontium-90 without adding unnecessary complexity.