Including filter system and high-performance Strontium-90 filter.
Strontium-90 is a radioactive form of strontium that can occur in water at very low concentrations. Because it mimics calcium in chemistry, 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 to know whether it’s present in your North Miami Beach water is a targeted lab test for radionuclides.
In a household setting, concern about strontium-90 centers on everyday uses — drinking, cooking, making ice, bathing and brushing teeth. If testing of your North Miami Beach supply shows elevated results, the best strategy is to treat water at the point it enters the home so every faucet and appliance is protected. Point-of-use cartridges can help at one sink, but they won’t guard showers, washing machines or irrigation; a whole-house system gives comprehensive coverage for all daily water use.
A whole-house water softener using ion exchange is often the single most effective filter choice for reducing strontium-90 because the resin swaps certain dissolved ions for sodium or potassium. That ion-exchange process can capture positively charged contaminants like strontium, so a properly configured softener can lower strontium-90 as water is treated at the entry point to your North Miami Beach home.
To be effective in Miami-Dade County water, an ion exchange softener needs to be sized for your household demand and the hard water typical in North Miami Beach; limestone-based aquifers often make municipal water hard, which increases salt and regeneration needs. Regular regeneration with salt restores the resin’s capacity to remove strontium, and routine maintenance plus good prefiltration protects the media from sediment and scale. Mr. Pure Water can review your water test results and recommend a whole-house softener and prefilter configuration that targets strontium-90 without unnecessary complexity.